RE: Born slippy: All about limited-slip differentials
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Gorbyrev said:
Thanks Nick - superb article, really interesting, more please! Wonder how many XR4x4's are left out there! Not many I would wager.
Love the idea that the Beemer test pilots are all chuffed with the predictable shift to oversteer in an E60 while the rest of us mere mortals are laying down with the rear tyres. Heres to the guys who make sure we don't kill ourselves unnecessarily !
Thanks for the thanks. Heinrich had some great tales from the nerdy end of LSD engineering. Like that Audi quattros were all Torsen, yet when Hans Stuck went DTM racing in the Audi V8 (with quattro writ large on the outside), they had to switch to speed sensing LSD because of the kerb riding problem he described. Not dinner party chat, I grant you, but I enjoyed it!Love the idea that the Beemer test pilots are all chuffed with the predictable shift to oversteer in an E60 while the rest of us mere mortals are laying down with the rear tyres. Heres to the guys who make sure we don't kill ourselves unnecessarily !
Edited by Gorbyrev on Wednesday 29th February 13:33
Pingman said:
anything fast said:
That car was the first FWD roadcar ever to have LSD with a viscous coupling system.
I didn't know this Wonder what the first RWD car with an LSD was, off to Google I go!
MECHAN1C said:
Pingman said:
anything fast said:
That car was the first FWD roadcar ever to have LSD with a viscous coupling system.
I didn't know this Wonder what the first RWD car with an LSD was, off to Google I go!
s m said:
MECHAN1C said:
Pingman said:
anything fast said:
That car was the first FWD roadcar ever to have LSD with a viscous coupling system.
I didn't know this Wonder what the first RWD car with an LSD was, off to Google I go!
I'm sure that wasn't the first appearance of them, the question is- was it in the sixties or even before that?
s m said:
The Black Flash said:
Gorbyrev said:
Thanks Nick - superb article, really interesting, more please! Wonder how many XR4x4's are left out there! Not many I would wager.
Most of the ones which are left get turned into kitcars, the xr4 rear LSD is highly sought after.Marquis Rex said:
s m said:
MECHAN1C said:
Pingman said:
anything fast said:
That car was the first FWD roadcar ever to have LSD with a viscous coupling system.
I didn't know this Wonder what the first RWD car with an LSD was, off to Google I go!
I'm sure that wasn't the first appearance of them, the question is- was it in the sixties or even before that?
Marquis Rex said:
s m said:
MECHAN1C said:
Pingman said:
anything fast said:
That car was the first FWD roadcar ever to have LSD with a viscous coupling system.
I didn't know this Wonder what the first RWD car with an LSD was, off to Google I go!
I'm sure that wasn't the first appearance of them, the question is- was it in the sixties or even before that?
The Black Flash said:
s m said:
The Black Flash said:
Gorbyrev said:
Thanks Nick - superb article, really interesting, more please! Wonder how many XR4x4's are left out there! Not many I would wager.
Most of the ones which are left get turned into kitcars, the xr4 rear LSD is highly sought after.wst said:
legalknievel said:
I am surprised at how much I understood of that. I'm off to hit my head with a hammer until the clarity has worn off.
Here is also a pretty handy guide to how the basic open diff works, if you're still feeling intelligent. Though really this one puts it in such pleasant terms that everyone can follow it.Seriously, though, that video is a good find.
How would one go about checking the state of his viscous LSD?
I know of the jack the rear end up, spin one wheel and the other should rotate in the same direction technique but how do you check its actualy fit for purpose and working correctly under driving conditions?
Anyone know of a good place to have a viscous LSD stripped, serviced and setup?
I know of the jack the rear end up, spin one wheel and the other should rotate in the same direction technique but how do you check its actualy fit for purpose and working correctly under driving conditions?
Anyone know of a good place to have a viscous LSD stripped, serviced and setup?
Mark Benson said:
450Nick said:
Great to see some technical articles from PH, more of this please on other vehicle systems - very interesting read!
This, PHers are a broad church and this is the sort of thing that helps broaden it more.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff