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Welded diff? |
Terrance |
Nov 7 2005, 02:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: 2-August 05 From: Milpitas, CA Member No.: 4,526 |
Any racers out there race/drive with a welded diff or a spool before? Does it work well, or is an LSD "safer"? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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brant |
Nov 7 2005, 02:34 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,640 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
here we go again...
a lot of top cars in top series will run a spool. it takes a different driving style and inherent "butt sense" to throw the car into a slide in each corner and then catch it on the exit. one common comment is that a locked diff helps under braking. my belief is that its not so much about the breaking, but more about the speed that you scrub on turn in. It takes a while to learn how to drive this way comfortable, but once you do you will be able to enter a corner faster than anyone else! So the locked diff really is faster on the first part of a corner, but it is slower on the 2nd half (exit) part of the corner. I think for a super high powered car like a new GT3 or RSR you can oversome this track out because of the abundance in horse power. For a teener with a realistic motor you give up something on track out for turn in speed. I'm faster overall with my locked diff... but like all things its a compromise. I've run a locked diff for I believe 4 seasons now. brant |
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