Aftermarket LSD?
10-30-2015, 08:29 PM
#31
Rennlist Member
My car has no LSD, and it feels very neutral, or even a little understeery off the throttle. Although I will have to drive it a lot more to really say for sure. My botched downshift was failing to blip the throttle enough to match revs, and engaging the clutch too abruptly, so I got some severe clutch-braking and the rear slid. But it recovered effortlessly. One complication is I have S4 wheels and staggered tires on an S3, which probably dials in some understeer. I imagine it would be better to have square tires with an LSD. At least on the S3 which came from the factory with square tires.
anyway, the miss shift would hurt anyone, more so with the LSD, but there is good and bad with that. the step out, if you are turing when it happens will happen more dramatically if you have LSD, but the correction will be more positive too. trade offs, alll better for the LSD, but the open diff is fine for not racing it. again, i raced it for 5 years with no LSD, when i got it, it was a nice adder and i think all the years without it made me a better driver.
the 928 is stock so undertired, it will always understeer when pushed. even my car understeers unless my front tires are almost new and not going away in a race. the front has more weight and the tires are too small.. you dont want to go smaller in the rear with tires to fix it, then you just get a car that is loose and slides too.
again, the LSD is a nice to have for the street, but not a big deal for any kind of spirited street driving, even in the rain. however snow, different story as is auto-crossing. (lots of tight turns, and WOT exits for lots of one wheel spin)
10-30-2015, 09:55 PM
#32
I'd say it is a big deal in the rain though. I've driven limited slip cars in the rain, and it's a little scary, but you can definitely get the power down much better than my 928. With the open diff, I have to accelerate painfully slowly to keep that inside rear from spinning. That's the main thing I would want LSD for. Love driving in the rain.
10-31-2015, 05:00 PM
#33
Rennlist Member
I'd say it is a big deal in the rain though. I've driven limited slip cars in the rain, and it's a little scary, but you can definitely get the power down much better than my 928. With the open diff, I have to accelerate painfully slowly to keep that inside rear from spinning. That's the main thing I would want LSD for. Love driving in the rain.