What Rear end did the first gen come with?
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did it ever come with a posi rear n e of them? becasue this kid talkd smack to me saying that it comes wit a posi and not a lsd and i knew it was an lsd but he wouldent believe me. so wait till i send him this page thanks lotus
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Posi IS the same, nowdays as LSD. Back in the day the LSD was just that, limited slip. One side would slip before the other caught. Also known to some I think as a cone or clutch rear. All of this info comes from GM in the 60's. I think now the comparison to then might be what they are calling an open rear? Hell, so much has changed in the terminology it is hard to keep up with. I seem to be stuck with the OLD deffinitions and alot of the guys misinturpret. more info on what used to B can be found at http://www.442.com/oldsfaq/ofdif.htm
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Posi/Positraction is a Chevrolet tade name for a clutch-type limted slip. Not all LSD's are Posi but all Posi's are LSD's.
One of my big gripes.
I had a friend who thought "Posi" meant a limited slip diff but "limited slip" meant traction control. I didn't realize this until we were having a damn-we're-15-and-can't-wait-until-we-can-drive BS session and I said that for sure he'd have a limited slip, and he said that he didn't want limited slip, but he did want a Posi. I was all WTF for a moment and then proceeded to explain...
Yes, I've been a gar geek for as far back as I can remember. My mom says it's her fault, from all the toy cars she got me since I was real little, combined with the fact that she taught me how to read before I was 2...
- Pete (Got my first Car Craft subscription when I was five)
One of my big gripes.
I had a friend who thought "Posi" meant a limited slip diff but "limited slip" meant traction control. I didn't realize this until we were having a damn-we're-15-and-can't-wait-until-we-can-drive BS session and I said that for sure he'd have a limited slip, and he said that he didn't want limited slip, but he did want a Posi. I was all WTF for a moment and then proceeded to explain...
Yes, I've been a gar geek for as far back as I can remember. My mom says it's her fault, from all the toy cars she got me since I was real little, combined with the fact that she taught me how to read before I was 2...
- Pete (Got my first Car Craft subscription when I was five)
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