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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 06:13 PM
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non lsd diff

has anyone welded the diff on a peg leg rear end before. i want to but i would like to hear other peoples experiences with it. thanks
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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 11:26 PM
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one of my friends did but honestly...i wouldnt...just my 2 cents.
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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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The car will be very hesitant to change directions, noticably increasing understeer and making navigating at slow speeds very difficult. If it's for a pure drift car or something like that then go ahead, but if it'll see ANY street use then don't get an LSD instead.
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 04:15 AM
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It would be very stupid and dangerous to do this to a street car...
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 06:16 PM
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this car will never be driven on the road. only at the track and the drift events. i have an lsd in it right now that i put in but i have the peg ;eg rear end just sittin their and wanted to know if anyone has done it.
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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For a pure track car it'll be ok, but still not ideal, for road racing a proper LSD is better. For drag racing or drift I suppse there's probably not really a downside, other than when trying to drive around in the pits, load the car up onto the trailer and so on. I've had to push around a race car with a welded diff (we blew up the LSD, it was a backup) and it's not fun, it really doesn't want to turn.
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