Thread: Welding the LSD

I wana know if anyone has ever welded there Lsd and what are the draw backs in doing this mod??? Im actualy thinking about doing it to my NX oh yea its a daily driver.

I would highly recommend NOT doing so, because it will affect your handling. Not in a good way, though. When you go through a turn, your outside tires must travel faster in order to cover a greater distance than your inside tires. Now if your left and right tires are locked together, how are they supposed to accomplish that? Your car is gonna jump and skid through every turn, and it's going to make your car handle like crap.

Drag race guys weld their spider gears because they only drive in a straight line, and corner handling doesn't really affect them. They just want equal power to both drive wheels at all times. And also don't forget that these guys are RWD, but even if you have a locker in the rear end, it's still going to cause the rear of the vehicle to dog track, or hop around turns.


Cliffs: Bad idea.

Bad idea for FWD. For RWD, it's FTW for drifting. My friend, S13Teddy on here, drives with a welded diff on his S13 and does the occasional drift events.

I agree with you guy's:o im curently running a Non LSD in the car (long story) but im gona put one back in when i could get my hands on a p10 gear box,I cant afford a NISMO LSD at the time.I miss my LSD gearbox cash is very tight them days.Seen the price of GAS??

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if you are already running a lsd in your car you are already reeping benifits of it, nothing farther will benifit you like welding it, better tires,better suspension stuff alon those lines will benifit you in trction purposes

^^I have a Non LSD at the Moment

oh,well then i would get the lsd it would make a big difference, but it really depends on your goals of the car

it's not that bad, look at Europe and it should make you feel better!

unless your going straight all day, I wouldn't weld it.

i was with a kid in a civic with a welded diff once, he had to make a u turn on a 4 lane road and stopped traffic for atleast a minute as he did a six point turn. fwd and locked diff is not daily driveable