A LSD is designed to get you out of a corner with more speed. Do to weight transfer from cornering forces, the inside rear wheel will unload. In a straight differential, the unloaded inside tire will spin if too much power is applied. By using a LSD, power will be applied to the loaded outside wheel allowing you to apply more power and accelerate quicker out of a turn.

BTW - Nothing (except snow tires) will help an S2000 in the snow.

 

cdelena is right. The LSD has no way to sense "traction" and it applies power to both wheels. If both wheels are on a slippery surface, it is easy to spin both of them.

Traction control works by removing power to a spinning wheel. If both wheels are on a slippery surface, traction control will reduce the power to each wheel until it matches the speed of the car. this would allow you to take a corner faster, by preventing any wheel spin, but does not necessarily allow you to accelerate harder out of a corner.

To summarize;
LSD increases power to both wheels. Great for high traction situations.
Traction Control reduces power to both wheels. Great for low traction situations.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Barry WY Silver/Black '01
[B]A NON-limited slip differential would improve control of a rapidly moving S2000 that hits a spot of bad traction.

Am I missing something?

 

Good post Luis. Honda built a no-frills, no- holds- barred sports car. I have driven it on the track several times, and the LSD helps the car to just charge out of the corners. It's one of the elements that gives this car such great track times since corner exit speed is so fast. But, a traction control that could be switched off for performance driving would eliminate a large number of incidents. It might no longer be the "pure" sports car, but I can guarantee you that for daily driving, it would be a safer car. My guess is Honda will add it in years to come as the acident reports begin to add up, potentially tarnishing the cars reputation.

 

that sux..weirdness. It has been below 5 degrees C here every day for the last 20 or so days..and it has rained for the last 32 days in row...i know...freakin oregon!! I enjoying being able to spin my tires all the time without ruining them. I power shift from 1st to second all the time and kicks the ass out big time, but I have not been close to wrecking mine....but i have stayed off the white stripes when doing it.

I know the tires get really really bad once the wear stripes start to show also check the air pressure. I have been checking mine on a weekly basis for wear stripes just so I don't end up smashing my car when i;m fooling around!!

 

Sorry to hear the bad news, but glad you are OK. I can relate, since a very similar thing happened to me about amonth ago in wet weather. I am definitely gonna get some better wet traction tires after mine is fixed.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 'smyroad
[B]A LSD is designed to get you out of a corner with more speed.