LSD's?

[Mike325]

I was once taking a left tirn form a parking lot going ~20 MPH and in 2nd gear. I mashed the gas and did a nice 180 in the car. I ment to do it though;) This was with an lsd in my e. The cop that saw me do it didn't think that it was so cool

[MikeE30325i]

nice, i fucking did a 360 as i tried to make a u-turn once. not too fun

[mtechnik]

Well it was waay out weird. Slightly damp road, 3rd gear , 3 degr. celcius on a summer night going into corner at round 29mph.

Tapped gas pretty much out of turn at the intersections and whoops

[MikeE30325i]

A really nice upgrade would be my 335i with it's 3.25LSD. Come on... You know you want it...

How much damnit!?!

[euroshark]

A really nice upgrade would be my 335i with it's 3.25LSD. Come on... You know you want it...

[MikeE30325i]

with an open diff.

nice. you must have really hit that turn then. lol

[mtechnik]

with an open diff.

[NC325iC]

Well my experiences in wet/slippery situations without LSD have been:

-Fun and the same time no fun =no donut action
When you just wanna make noise and simultaneously not gettiing sideways (dry conditions)

-Amazingly, stepping out the rear can happen quick without an LSD

There were times when I would think having an open diff saved the day. Once getting 90 deg. sideways aiming at the guarail I just let off the accelorator and car tamed down.

im a little confused, did you get 90deg with an lsd or with an open

[MikeE30325i]

yeah, my friend has an 85 e and he cant really get the rear end out like i can. but yeah, i am not to crazy.

yet.lol

thanks m3faan4eva, i will look into it soon.

[mtechnik]

Well my experiences in wet/slippery situations without LSD have been:

-Fun and the same time no fun =no donut action
When you just wanna make noise and simultaneously not gettiing sideways (dry conditions)

-Amazingly, stepping out the rear can happen quick without an LSD

There were times when I would think having an open diff saved the day. Once getting 90 deg. sideways aiming at the guarail I just let off the accelorator and car tamed down.

[Garageaholic]

may i ask? and i think i am ok at aggressive driving. there are a few huge dirt fields near me, and i learned a thing or too there.

and M3fan4eva, what E30 could i find a 3.25 lsd to pull out of?

It's called ebay my friend. there's always at least 3 on there at any given time. You just have to swap out the ouput shafts and rear cover with your old one. I just bought one for my car for about $240 shipped.

Check them out, but FYI, they're usually on E28 vehicles.

[ptownTSI]

just because you have an LSD doesnt mean both wheels get the same power at all times. it all depends on how tight the lsd is or the lock up that it makes. the nice thing about driving hard in a car without an lsd is that you can put the power on through a turn and usually the worst that happens is you start to peel out the inside tire. Especially on a slick surface where you are turning an lsd can be dangerous if you are not careful, you can easily step the rear end out in a freeway on-ramp situation on a powerful car with lsd, or an underpowered car on a slick road with lsd.

[MikeE30325i]

An LSD will be useless to you unless you know how to manage yourself in an oversteer situation.

It's a better investment than not having one. Trying to recover from an open-diff fishtail leads to "R3V" incidents. Ask me how I know.

may i ask? and i think i am ok at aggressive driving. there are a few huge dirt fields near me, and i learned a thing or too there.

and M3fan4eva, what E30 could i find a 3.25 lsd to pull out of?

[BrandC]

An LSD will be useless to you unless you know how to manage yourself in an oversteer situation.

It's a better investment than not having one. Trying to recover from an open-diff fishtail leads to "R3V" incidents. Ask me how I know.

[Jand3rson]

Mike, a nice upgrade for you would be a 3.25 LSD. you'd get much better acceleration without sacrificing much top speed.

That's what I'm looking for.