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Old 05-13-2008, 10:47 AM   #1
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i was looking at a car and one of the options on it was #224 automatic limited slip... what's that it was in an 00 boxster base
Yes. According to my option codes under my hood I have limited slip on my 2000 Boxster S.
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Yes. According to my option codes under my hood I have limited slip on my 2000 Boxster S.
Strange, I thought Porsche only allowed a limited slip on the 911. I wonder why more people didn't spec this option for the boxster if it was in fact available?
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Old 05-13-2008, 11:23 AM   #3
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There was NEVER a mechanical (re. true) limited slip differential offered for the Boxster. They are available, however, through quaife and guard transmissions.

The electronic based limited slip that comes with PSM (and traction control before PSM was offered) does not function in the same way as a mechanical unit.
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Awesome, im going to look for limited slip equiped trannys at salvage yards now...

haha jus messing with you blue2000s
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Old 05-13-2008, 11:42 AM   #5
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Awesome, im going to look for limited slip equiped trannys at salvage yards now...

haha jus messing with you blue2000s
Let us know what you find out there
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Let us know what you find out there
I found a Glass "style" Rear Window kit for my boxster laying in the street...
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I gotha. Yeah, in my opinion calling anything that brakes the slipping wheel a limited slip is a stretch.
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I gotha. Yeah, in my opinion calling anything that brakes the slipping wheel a limited slip is a stretch.
Yeah porsche should have worded that option differently.... just like how ebay sellers selling knock off stuff always add the word "Style" to the end of the discription in tiny print...

example: TWINTURBO style FRONT BUMPER
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Old 05-14-2008, 07:13 PM   #9
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I gotha. Yeah, in my opinion calling anything that brakes the slipping wheel a limited slip is a stretch.
But, that's what the Porsche differential clutch based LSD does.....
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But, that's what the Porsche differential clutch based LSD does.....
No a real limited slip doesn't brake anything. Most use a clutch, a gear or fluid inside the diff to transfer torque from the slipping wheel to the non slipping wheel.
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I think they are doing a ltd slip group buy over at CaymanClub.com.
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Old 05-15-2008, 03:55 PM   #12
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No a real limited slip doesn't brake anything. Most use a clutch, a gear or fluid inside the diff to transfer torque from the slipping wheel to the non slipping wheel.

Porsche as I stated in my post uses clutches to brake the spinning wheel and transfer torque to the other wheel.
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Old 05-15-2008, 04:57 AM   #13
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Yes. According to my option codes under my hood I have limited slip on my 2000 Boxster S.
You don't, in the typical definition of the term. It's a brake-based system controlling an open rear differential.

With proper programming I suspect it could work pretty well. But Porsche's programming isn't that good.
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