LSD in an S4 N/A?
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LSD in an S4 N/A?
My 88 SE seems to have an LSD! Which doesnt make much sense. But whenever I do a burnout of drift it in a parking lot it seems to smoke both tires evenly. I know this wasnt an option for the SE and how would I check it to be sure that it is or isnt an LSD? Thanks!
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Jack up the back of the car and block one tire from moving, spin the other tire. If it spins freely then no LSD (or one that doesn't work anymore), if it takes some effort to spin it you've got LSD.
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When the wheel is turned all the way to one side and I pop the clutch it does leave two black marks that are even. It looked like an LSD to me, but just wanted to confirm. Now that I know, should I still use Redline Synthetic in the diff or should I use something else?
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with the skinny tires of a SE, you should be able to break both tires loose without any issues.
Of course an educated car owner would know that any car that has poor enough traction can have its drive wheels broken loose and that a burn out is hardly any sort of indication of a LSD.
Of course an educated car owner would know that any car that has poor enough traction can have its drive wheels broken loose and that a burn out is hardly any sort of indication of a LSD.
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with the skinny tires of a SE, you should be able to break both tires loose without any issues.
Of course an educated car owner would know that any car that has poor enough traction can have its drive wheels broken loose and that a burn out is hardly any sort of indication of a LSD.
Of course an educated car owner would know that any car that has poor enough traction can have its drive wheels broken loose and that a burn out is hardly any sort of indication of a LSD.
Any good diff fluid is fine (Redline, Royal Purple, NEO, etc.)
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Too tight of an corner and and if the inside has too little traction, it will break loose there as well with most all LSDs except Torsen based ones
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So if you had say a locked rear, the outside one with the most traction would force the inside one with the least traction to spin at the same speed. With a clutch type or viscous that often results in the clutch pac slipping in the diff (a good thing) because it does maintain traction better.
Now with a Torsen, it sends the power to the wheel with the most traction as opposed to trying to make both wheels spin at the same speed.
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I do have custom wheels and tires. They are 17" tires and I believe the tires are a 215 series. I dont recall my diff has a stamp that has an LSD. Both tires seem to leave even strips of rubber. I will have to try the spin trick with blockin one of the rear wheels while on a lift.
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I do have custom wheels and tires. They are 17" tires and I believe the tires are a 215 series. I dont recall my diff has a stamp that has an LSD. Both tires seem to leave even strips of rubber. I will have to try the spin trick with blockin one of the rear wheels while on a lift.
Without an LSD the other tire will spin the opposite direction.
Now a viscous and torsen LSD will act different, but if it is a the standard S4 LSD then the above rule works
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my gxl's lsd actually fails the spin trick. sometimes the other tire will spin the other way. its pretty worn though, locks good turning left but unlocks turning right sometimes, but i still manage to drift alright with it like that.
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