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Barnabas · Aug 12th, 2004, 06:42 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Andromcs

Going to leave it stock and it will be my daily driver. I will be driving in a spirited manner and in this area of Southern California there are numerous fantastic drives through the mountains that can be made challenging...thus I lean towards having the LSD. Then again, logically, since most of the weight of this vehicle is over the drive wheels, and since the LSD would only be activated with slippage, in my driving in mostly dry weather with the location of the weight, there might not be much slippage. Except during the few winter months or in the more extreme cornering situations. Is this thinking acurate regarding the functioning of the LSD?

LSD helps acelerate out of turns w/o wheelspin. But the stock MCS doesn't have enough power to create wheelspin. So you should be fine w/o LSD. At 200+ hp like paul said you should really consider it.

Aug 12th, 2004, 06:42 PM	#9
Barnabas Destroying your MINI Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Local Time: 01:34 PM Posts: 1,193 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Andromcs Going to leave it stock and it will be my daily driver. I will be driving in a spirited manner and in this area of Southern California there are numerous fantastic drives through the mountains that can be made challenging...thus I lean towards having the LSD. Then again, logically, since most of the weight of this vehicle is over the drive wheels, and since the LSD would only be activated with slippage, in my driving in mostly dry weather with the location of the weight, there might not be much slippage. Except during the few winter months or in the more extreme cornering situations. Is this thinking acurate regarding the functioning of the LSD? LSD helps acelerate out of turns w/o wheelspin. But the stock MCS doesn't have enough power to create wheelspin. So you should be fine w/o LSD. At 200+ hp like paul said you should really consider it. Car is only good as the driver.