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Originally Posted by Jacques79
I appreciate your input a lot and you seem to know your stuff, but what I'm looking for is an LSD that would help me from a standing start; if I start up my car and there's snow and ice under the rear wheels, would an LSD help BOTH wheels spin at the same time?
Because last winter it was pathetic to see only one rear wheel spinning at a time when people tried to push my car to when I got stuck 
I remember when I had an S2000 (which has TORSEN LSD) I would almost never get stuck in snow-ice.
Both my Boxster S and S2000 had the exact same kind of winter tires with same width on the rear wheels.
If this doesn't make any sense and an LSD would only help for when you're driving at speed in snowy conditions please pardon my ignorance  |
I don't how the LSD on an S2000 works, Honda may have added some electronic traction control features to supplement the torque sensing diff? That
would be the best way to go.
To answer your question, the clutch type differential is better at getting you out of a situation where only one wheel has traction. But you need to think about all the ways you use the car in the winter. It's not just starting and stopping.
As an extreme example, you could get better traction in snow and ice by having no differential at all. Both wheels will spin at the same speed all the time, but as soon as you try to turn, you will be running off the road.