LSD Anyone?

Originally Posted by John V

...The main downside to a quaife is if one wheel is on a high-grip surface and one is not, the differential will act like an open diff. So on snow or ice, it's not ideal...:

I thought the opposite was true, that an ATB sends torque to the wheel that has the most grip?

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by boxsterz

I thought the opposite was true, that an ATB sends torque to the wheel that has the most grip?

Torsens only send torque to the wheel with the most grip if theres SOME torque on both wheels. The clutch type LSD can do it when there's no torque on the gripping wheel. This is how you can get an open diff on corner entry but an LSD on exit.

However, if you slightly touch the brakes while one wheel is slipping, you can get torque to the gripping wheel with a Torsen.

[John V]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

Torsens only send torque to the wheel with the most grip if theres SOME torque on both wheels. The clutch type LSD can do it when there's no torque on the gripping wheel. This is how you can get an open diff on corner entry but an LSD on exit.

However, if you slightly touch the brakes while one wheel is slipping, you can get torque to the gripping wheel with a Torsen.

Exactly!

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