Hey guys,
I dont understand the whole LSD thing properly and was wondering if someone could explain it to me. I've just got my Ps and have been racing go karts for the past 2 years so i havnt really needed to worry about diffs.
I know how an open diff works and I understand the purpose of the LSD and why you need one over an open diff, basically to get power down out of corners or you'll end up spinning the inside wheel at 100% and going nowhere fast (as well as revving the pants off your poor old volvo 360
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Doesnt an LSD lock the wheels together in a certain % ratio using clutches? So for instance the LSD in a 3.0 potenziata is 25% (so im told) so if one wheel is spinning at 100 km/h the other is spinning @ 25km/h?
Am I sort of on the right track
Can someone explain the percentage thing??? Why do people put 50% LSDs in for comp use???
So the twinnie and 2.5 had 4.11's and the 3.0L has 3.53, didnt the 3.0L qv potenziata have different again, like 3.73, or 3.93 or something??
Why is the 3.0L unsuitable for comp use? Is it because you cant go as fast in each gear compared to the TS and 2.5? from what i can remember, the TS does 80 km/h in first i think, havnt driven one for a while! So wouldnt the 3.0L ratio be suitable for slower twisty tracks?
Over the next year, I want to slowly build a 3.0L potenziata track car and many people have said go the TS. Is it the diff thing or is there more to it?
cheers
Dean
