What is LSD??
01-28-2002, 08:13 PM
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What is LSD??
Hi,
I am only a new driver for a sport car like this, can everyone tell me what LSD is, and what's the different if I using 1 or 1.5 or 2 way??
Is that good for driven??
Thank you very much!!
I am only a new driver for a sport car like this, can everyone tell me what LSD is, and what's the different if I using 1 or 1.5 or 2 way??
Is that good for driven??
Thank you very much!!
01-28-2002, 08:49 PM
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can not believe no one want to explain what is a LSD
LSD is part of the transmission. when you make a turn, the wheel in the outside cover more distance than the wheel in the inside. the out side wheel have a hard time to follow the in side wheel. the LSD just adjust the torque between wheels, so it wouldn't slip
Torsen LSD is fully mechanic, so i dont know what you mean by using 1, 1.5, 2 way
LSD is part of the transmission. when you make a turn, the wheel in the outside cover more distance than the wheel in the inside. the out side wheel have a hard time to follow the in side wheel. the LSD just adjust the torque between wheels, so it wouldn't slip
Torsen LSD is fully mechanic, so i dont know what you mean by using 1, 1.5, 2 way
01-28-2002, 08:57 PM
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A diff is the device that allows one wheel to turn more than the other when a vehicle turns. The torque (or turning power) is shared between the two wheels (rear wheels in the case of the S2000). If one turns more (outside wheel) the other (inside) turns less. The problem with this set up is when one wheel breaks traction (hits water, oil, gravel, or just too much torque) and starts to spin, no troque goes to the other wheel and the tyre tracks aren't very impressive 
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What a LSD does is sense when one wheel is spinning more than the other and locks up the differential. Conventional LSD's use a clutch type mechanism that winds up when there is a difference in rotation of the two wheels and locks the mechanism. But the Torsen Diff as used in our S has a set of mechanical screws linking the two wheels that, due to their angle and ratio, don't particularly like to spin. As a result, even when one wheel has lost traction some torque is still applied to the other and you won't be stranded.
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Oh, BTW, do a search on Torsen on this board. There are some great diagrams from a recent discussion.
.What a LSD does is sense when one wheel is spinning more than the other and locks up the differential. Conventional LSD's use a clutch type mechanism that winds up when there is a difference in rotation of the two wheels and locks the mechanism. But the Torsen Diff as used in our S has a set of mechanical screws linking the two wheels that, due to their angle and ratio, don't particularly like to spin. As a result, even when one wheel has lost traction some torque is still applied to the other and you won't be stranded.
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Oh, BTW, do a search on Torsen on this board. There are some great diagrams from a recent discussion.
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01-28-2002, 10:57 PM
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"At Spoon, we employ a 1.5-way, mechanical-type of LSD"
That's what I saw from a Spoon page.
I also heard from someone that if U want to put a new LSD, and can use for 1 or 1.5 for a beginner if u
want to learn how to drive....
What's value here stand for??
Well, I know it may sounds stupid here, but I really dunno and that's why I asked this questions.
Thank you for all of the serious reply here. =)
That's what I saw from a Spoon page.
I also heard from someone that if U want to put a new LSD, and can use for 1 or 1.5 for a beginner if u
want to learn how to drive....
What's value here stand for??
Well, I know it may sounds stupid here, but I really dunno and that's why I asked this questions.
Thank you for all of the serious reply here. =)
01-29-2002, 05:55 AM
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You may need new, beefier parts for your LSD if you have a supercharger/turbocharger, but the Torsen (which is the design not the manufacturer, literally means "torque sensing") is the best LSD design in existence. I'd leave it if I were you, don't fix it if it ain't broke, and if it breaks replace the part that broke with a stronger part...not the diff.
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