mookaloid
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| posted on 1/12/10 at 11:25 AM |
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Limited slip diff
I have one in my tintop and in this snow it's great 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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RazMan
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| posted on 1/12/10 at 11:29 AM |
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I certainly wish I had a slippy diff - 380bhp and RWD is no fun when you can't even get off your drive 
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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carpmart
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| posted on 1/12/10 at 12:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RazMan
I certainly wish I had a slippy diff - 380bhp and RWD is no fun when you can't even get off your drive
Your not trying hard enough! Traction thingys off, car mats out of the footwells and under the wheels, give it the full beans and hey presto, your
off the drive!
PS - please make sure you video for general Tubeyou consumption! 
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack 
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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hobbsy
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| posted on 1/12/10 at 12:52 PM |
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It doesn't always help, last year in my M5 I dropped a card off at a mates, went to turn around at the bottom of his cul-de-sac (where everyone
else does so snow very compressed) couldn't get going again as it was a slight slope.
I was able to get out of the car at tickover (600rpm) in 2nd gear and watch both wheels going around - bit of an unconventional way to check your LSD
is working but hey Could have been embarrassing if it suddenly gripped!
As long as you keep some momentum though its great fun
[Edited on 1/12/10 by hobbsy]
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RazMan
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| posted on 1/12/10 at 12:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
Your not trying hard enough! Traction thingys off, car mats out of the footwells and under the wheels, give it the full beans and hey presto, your
off the drive!
Tried that - and ran out of car mats after 50 metres My Lexus doesn't have any traction control or ABS ... and its an auto box too Last
time I went into town I got stuck on the High Street because I parked in an icy gutter - at tickover, all the power was simply spinning the wheel on
the ice!
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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arrow-engineering
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| posted on 1/12/10 at 02:28 PM |
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lsd
trouble with m5 and other performance cars is the tyres are that wide that theres no grip when its snowy and icy, if you put some 135s on youd be
fine.
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hobbsy
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| posted on 1/12/10 at 04:18 PM |
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Yeah, 275's on the back, maybe I should get a couple of space savers on there as cheap winter tyres
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