Has anyone got any experience with a welded diff in a 7?
Many moons ago I welded one in a friends RWD celica and apart from the obvious tyres skipping and chattering during parking maneuvers it seemed to be
surprisingly well behaved when driven hard even on tight twisty roads. And obviously brilliant for getting the power down out of corners.
But my memory is vague, I'm not quite as silly as I once was and a celica is a different animal to a 7.
Stupid idea or just one that requires caution at times?
They are unusable on the road
Only any good for short circuit soft surface and drifting
A little discused effect of LSD is a little more understeer, usualy we can dial it out of change driving style as the benefits are better overall
A welded diff would give much more understeer which of countered by the wild oversteer and smoking tyres.
Oh any parallel parking is described as comical
[Edited on 25/9/14 by snapper]
Would it be road legal or invalidate insurance etc?
No more than any other undeclared modification.
I don't see why you would want to do this, the ONLY time a fully locked diff is useful (other than on an offroader) is for drifting.
[Edited on 25-9-14 by loggyboy]
Frazer-Nash did without a diff on the pre-WW2 cars the rear end was set up so stiff it would pick up the inside wheel clear of the deck on any corner, however pre-ww2 tyres were little very narrow.
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Frazer-Nash did without a diff on the pre-WW2 cars the rear end was set up so stiff it would pick up the inside wheel clear of the deck on any corner, however pre-ww2 tyres were little very narrow.
Karts weigh very little, have a square foot print, and if driven properly, are always drifting!
[Edited on 25-9-14 by loggyboy]
Well good to hear objective answers on the subject and not just cries of don't do it. But its probably enough to convince not to do it for the road
Karts have a lot of castor, so they unload the inside rear when some amount of steering lock is applied
Cheers
Fred W B
why not a limited slip diff? don't think they're too expensive for a clutch type.
bloke in work has just put one on his westfield
but i wouldn't think a welded diff would be good for a fast road car, mainly reserved for drift, ideally not on the road cars. won't stop
idiots though.
From what I've heard the rear end likes to do it's own thing if you give it a reasonable amount of right foot anyway!