Limited Slip Differential review, owners please comment

[RobDon]

From my experience I'd say yes a diff does help to a degree in any situation in a FWD car.

 

[jonjay]

this thread is a money pitt!!

This will probably be a silly question, but does a diff help straight line acceleration at all?

It helps with traction so yes it does help acceleration.

Volvic - if your coming to AmD RR I can show you.

 

[springer]

LSD just means that a equal amount of power is distributed to each driving wheel, it doesnt mean its any harder to spin the wheels.

Like i said depends what diff it is(plated or torque biasing),but i have just fiitted one to my rally car and its harder to spin the wheels, FACT! this is the plated type tho,still think you would get more grip when accelerating with an atb over a standard diff tho

 

[turbin]

just to say, torque biasing diff.. atb diff... not actually a limited slip diff

Wavetrac being slightly different to quaife and peloquin, in their preload mechanism internally.

LSD by viscous or plate with ramp rates.. is a true LSD
I ran quaifes for 20 years, worked well as torque biasing, zero maintenance aside from makign sure assembly was not with too much preload in them, as they get hot, and expand, and diff bearings have failed several times.. (hard track use)

I run an SQS plate diff now, locking both ways, and its superb.. and traction is more than the atb, which I could spin up one wheel still. (unloaded one), plate diff just grips and locks both front wheels.

high power fwd car the atb diffs are a superb addition.

So you recommend SQS or Wavetrac for me? I do like 10 trackdays per year..

 

[springer]

Just read up on the Wavetrac diff seems a good bit of kit and as ibizacupra said it is different from a quaife/pelequin and seems sort of a cross between a quaife atb and a plated diff in the way it works and says it doesnt need rebuilding so would be ideal for road use and track.Only thing with plated diffs is some can be quite noisey.
ibizacupra how often do you need to rebuild yours?