My First Drive With The Lsd, A Review
#1
So last night I put the finishing touches in, torqued down everything, wired up the exhaust (it will be fixed later), and headed out for some wet pavement fun. Wow, what a dramatic difference! I feel MUCH more confident in wet weather now. Before, when I would accel. from every light, the rear would break loose, but it was incredibly unpredictable. Sometimes I'd end up sideways in the road, or I'd counter-steer too late, and have trouble getting control. Now it heads straight on, even if traction is lost in the rear.
I took a few corners quick, and a u-turn. When I would intentionally snap out the rear end, rather than me fighting to regain control, it would snap right back in place quite abrubtly. With the open diff, if I ever took a u-turn on wet pavement and purposely gave it more gas, I would most definitely end up spinning around 180*.
And with the new competition-stiffness front diff mount from mazdatrix, shifts are a lot more crisp, and when I get on the gas after a shift the response is immediate. Less bucking, and the acceleration *feels* quicker!
2 thumbs up
I took a few corners quick, and a u-turn. When I would intentionally snap out the rear end, rather than me fighting to regain control, it would snap right back in place quite abrubtly. With the open diff, if I ever took a u-turn on wet pavement and purposely gave it more gas, I would most definitely end up spinning around 180*.
And with the new competition-stiffness front diff mount from mazdatrix, shifts are a lot more crisp, and when I get on the gas after a shift the response is immediate. Less bucking, and the acceleration *feels* quicker!
2 thumbs up
#3
Originally Posted by i.didnt.do.it' date='Apr 8 2004, 09:42 AM
Now all you need is boost...
oh, and I learned how to raise a subframe by myself without entering "hulk smash" mode
#8
Originally Posted by 1Revvin7' date='Apr 8 2004, 02:51 PM
Interesting. I never knew it made that much of a difference. I've never owned an non-lsd rx7..
#10
Originally Posted by bart3lz' date='Apr 8 2004, 05:48 PM
what is a competition-stiffness front diff mount and what exactly does it do?