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      04-26-2006, 11:42 AM   #11
JonMad
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Are there two conflicting views there?

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An LSD can make a rwd car tend to UNDERSTEER more
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With an open differential... increasing understeer
I've felt what seems to be more understeer with an LSD (noticed this on small roundabouts), but with ways to get round it (power or lift off) as RobinHood said. With an open diff, couldn't it become unstable if you suddenly get the inside wheel spinning - is there a weight distribution that may spit the back out (into a slide, but one with more of the drive being wasted than if there was an LSD). I think the LSD makes the transition to oversteer more gradual and you can then keep on the power.
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