takemorepills
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Thank you!This video compares an open vs LSD diff. Notice with the LSD, the application of throttle causes the tail to slide out more, with greater likelihood of swapping ends. Where as with the open diff, the driver was having trouble getting the tail to break loose. Something to consider in terms of normal road driving, slick surfaces and maintaining control.
This is what I meant.
Open diff is safer in certain conditions because primarily one wheel peels and the other one maintains some lateral traction. This also happens earlier, at lower limits and allows traction control to intervene sooner when it's safer for the average driver.
With LSD, if you are on a crowned road, or have lateral loading on a wet/slippery surface, both wheels will peel giving you nearly zero lateral traction. Ends will swap. And the new VR has more than enough power to spin both wheels.
Where the LSD is beneficial is for competent drivers, in the dry it gives far better traction from a stop, or coming out of a turn, and the oversteer that may happen is generally controllable and fun in the dry.
Also, in some cases, LSD is nice in bad weather, if you are a competent driver, you can rely on 2 wheels trying to get traction.
However, never is LSD "safer". If both back wheels break loose, unexpectedly, on slippery surface with a crown, your headed for the curb. If it happens mid-turn/corner, you're swapping ends.
I had a HLSD Trutrac installed on my truck. It's freaking dangerous in the wet, and I won't let my wife or son drive it on a slippery day. But it's awesome off-road and doesn't do one-wheel-peel anymore.