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Originally Posted by Sirbelch
I get what you are saying about the LSD from a physics stand point, it just doesn't match my experance with my own car or any racing seires where they have FWD cars. Maybe its my driving style.
If you increase the effectiveness of the front anti roll bar, the bar is trying to level the car out by pushing down on the outside tire of the car which causes the outside of the car to come up, which in turn, causes the inside of the car to go down, which in turn, causes the inside tire to get pushed down. This would increase the grip of the inside tire allowing more power to go to that inside tire which takes away some of the burden of the outside tire which is tring to turn and accelerate the car. So this should allow for more power to be put down with less understeer when coming out of a corner.
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I have raced with the stock LSD...IMO and my CO-drivers ITS GARBAGE. Just my and my co-drivers opinion. I am ordering a different one
"1. your tieing both rear suspensions together, makeing them act more like a solid rear axel.
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2. when the car leans, the anti-roll bar pushes up on the inside wheel compressing the inside wheels spring a bit (thats where it gets the extra force to resist body roll) How well the bar resists twisting determins how much force it has to compress the inside spring.
they also artificially increase the amount of load on the outside tire. which, given the way tires make traction, means that there is a Net reduction in the total amount of traction that end of the car can make (the end with the anti-roll bar). So... in some cases, it may be advantagious to reduce the effectiveness of an antiroll bar. Such as on the front of a FWD car.
As weight is increased on a tire that tire generates a greater amount of traction, HOWEVER, that tires coeffecent of friction decreases as weight is applied. Meaning traction increases at a decreasing rate as weight is applied, so there will be a point where the amount of traction gained is less then the amount of weight on the tire, and the tire slips.
This also means that a tire will gain traction at a slower rate as weight is applied then it will lose traction as weight is removed.
Meaning, weight transfer = an overall reduction in the amount of traction a car can make.... Sad way to think about it is that as your car sits in its parking spot, that is the most traction that its going to make."
Excellent discussion!!
Can't give u any more +rep :)