Drive Train--limited slip front diff of a 4eat

Subtle · Post by **Subtle** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:33 pm

Has anyone installed any kind of a limited slip in the front diff of a 4eat?

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:51 pm

Aliens existed before this, that's how rare it is.

Post by **Legacy777** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:20 pm

I haven't seen a front LSD anywhere for an AT front diff.

Subtle · Post by **Subtle** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:36 pm

Gee, thanks

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:57 pm

Sorry, meng! It's not like it can't be done, though.. just probably not for an AT. Any reason you don't want to go 5MT? With that, you could look into Cusco --a very well-known and respected performance parts outfit. However, they're more than spendy --Cusco parts tend to be small fortunes, however, I'm sure they'd have a front LSD for you.
What about STi parts?

Subtle · Post by **Subtle** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:15 am

The 4eat has been built up so the shifting is fast and
reasonably hard.

Even on dry pavement the front wheels occaisionally
slip a little. Colder weather and wetter roads could become
interesting, so I'm looking to reduce wheelspin.

This seems more important than concerns about a lsd
pushing understeer on a track day.

Manarius · Post by **Manarius** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:03 pm

Bob Hoye wrote:Even on dry pavement the front wheels occaisionally
slip a little. Colder weather and wetter roads could become
interesting, so I'm looking to reduce wheelspin.

Spinning wheels on dry pavement is not good for the AWD system.

Subtle · Post by **Subtle** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:08 pm

I'll have to have a serious talk to my right foot about that.

Manarius · Post by **Manarius** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:18 pm

Bob Hoye wrote:I'll have to have a serious talk to my right foot about that.

I'd suggest you do that. If you don't, you may end up with a mangled AWD system resulting in a car that won't move.

Post by **Legacy777** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:51 am

It's an auto....you don't have direct drive to anything.....so as long as there's good ATF fluid in there, and it's changed often.....he should be "ok"

Manarius · Post by **Manarius** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:51 am

Bob Hoye wrote:The 4eat has been built up so the shifting is fast and
reasonably hard.

Even on dry pavement the front wheels occaisionally
slip a little. Colder weather and wetter roads could become
interesting, so I'm looking to reduce wheelspin.

This seems more important than concerns about a lsd
pushing understeer on a track day.

I floored my car in the wet and couldn't get one wheel to spin. I don't have a turbo, but even still, if I floored it and couldn't get a wheel to spin, there must be something wrong with your car.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:06 pm

Josh - What do you mean that an auto doesn't have direct drive to anything? Isn't the front differential's input shaft connected directly to the transmission's output shaft?

Post by **Legacy777** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:41 pm

Again...sorry for the confusion...must have been one of those days.

I was commenting on Manarius's comment about spinning tires on AWD cars.

My comment was mainly directed towards the fact that the torque converter uses fluid as a medium between the engine & tranny. But that really doesn't mean squat because the tranny still takes abuse......so disregard my comment.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:58 pm

Hehe, ok.

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Drive Train--limited slip front diff of a 4eat

Drive Train--limited slip front diff of a 4eat