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Originally Posted by GeorgeA
Didn't know OP was racing gt4, I was just talking about casual track days and daily!
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if he was racing a gt4 there would be no need to change the lsd... but it needs to be rebuilt quite often. after one season of racing the performance has dropped massively. but once opened you can make it more durable easily.
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Originally Posted by GeorgeA
I've tested AMG, Nissan, Ferrari (360) and a few other cars and from my experience the M diff has performed the best. Again if I'm racing in LeMans I'm sure there are better units that are designed for racing applications. What LSD would you recommend for street/canyon with a bit of track?
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amg has a very soft throttle response on the m156-powered cars... it may feel that the diff locks lately but this is due to the torque that comes with a little lag (but then it comes massively making it a little harder to control the car with the lsd spinning both wheels). furthermore, only since the new generation with turbo engones cars are equipped with an lsd in stock config. so if you have driven a c63 w204 (even with performance package) it may have had no lsd at all. and then the car drives horribly indeed!
nissan has even worse viscos in most of their s-chassis, z-fairlady and skyline cars :-(
the bmw m-variable is indeed better then that. an upgrade is strongly recommended for these cars as well.
ferrari 360 should have worked quite well but you really have to push a mid-engined ferrari quite hard to judge on the lsd. you can hardly test this on the street. and it depends on the condition of the lsd of course.
as i wrote above these units do wear... so if the car had some miles on it and was driven spirited it may simply be worn out.
ferrari always did a good job on the lsds used, even in the older cars. and i also like the new e-diffs pretty much. i do a lot of track driving with the new 488 and the car performs great on the edge... no matter if you go fast or sideways. and although i prefer driving it unfiltered with everything turned off, the side slip control (ssc2) that also interacts with the lsd is great for non professional but ambitioned drivers. it really helps you exploring the limits and even go beyond but safes you if anything goes out of control.