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Why is it? I know that LSDs are your latest super cool thing now you are an E30 dryft hero but on the road BMW felt that ASC and DSC provided a beneficial alternative to a mechanical LSD on all but the M power cars.
They've got a point.
What have you done to your car today?
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Why is it? I know that LSDs are your latest super cool thing now you are an E30 dryft hero but on the road BMW felt that ASC and DSC provided a beneficial alternative to a mechanical LSD on all but the M power cars.
They've got a point.
They do but there's something about an LSD. Its a mechanical part of the car which puts you in charge of your own destiny, rather than a bunch of computers.
And I'm hardly claiming to be a drift hero, rather the opposite! I suck at it clearly.
I think I'm in a different world to most people on here... I go out in the MX5 with a couple of friends, one in his E30, another in his E90, and me and E30 guy will do a bit of a drift, and just hear E90 guy moaning down the 2-way about how his car won't let him do it...
And I'm hardly claiming to be a drift hero, rather the opposite! I suck at it clearly.
I think I'm in a different world to most people on here... I go out in the MX5 with a couple of friends, one in his E30, another in his E90, and me and E30 guy will do a bit of a drift, and just hear E90 guy moaning down the 2-way about how his car won't let him do it...
It was of course 100% down to stupidity. As someone mentioned to me before... Don't try to be a drift-king with an open diff because they are wildly unpredictable... I clearly thought I knew better, turns out that I don't, and thankfully the consequences were only minor.
Never had an issue skidding an open diff car and never found it "wildly unpredictable". If you want sketchyness, weld your diff, then it gets unpredictable unless your fully commited
How on Earth is that little Astra meant to get out?
It's not
I have to move 
How's things going mate? Long time no speak
In theory I could fit any diff I like if I have custom driveshafts and a custom prop made and have the boot floor adjusted
But then we are talking mega moolah haha.
Anyway I have my own thread for this talk. I just wanted to post in here letting you know I'd been a clot again.
But then we are talking mega moolah haha.
Anyway I have my own thread for this talk. I just wanted to post in here letting you know I'd been a clot again.
This was probably about a 5" curb and I hit it had enough for the nearside wheel to be shoved up into the wing and bend it... I'm amazed that the tyres, wheels, and everything else seems to be absolutely fine... I spent a good amount of time checking it over at the side of the road, and again when I got home. And again this morning...
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Wasn't Acme's thread meant to be for his general failings not just restricted to antique BMW musings?
Just noticed, not seen mattyprice (the OP) on here for a while.. Last online 26th December.. Hope he's ok
Last active on Facebook a couple of days ago, he's alright.
£425 fitted so I'm on bread and water until 2018. Yeah it is mohair with a heated glass screen. It looks nice but my hood frame now buzzes right behind my ear with any vibration (of which there is lots). Reaching behind my head if I squeeze the corner of the frame it stops so something is either loose or touching. Shouldn't be too hard to sort but I'll need to partly lower the roof to do so and I'm leaving it up for a week to stretch out.
Sounds like you got away with the skid incident. I must admit that I doubt I could tell whether a car had an open or limited slip diff from driving it
Nice. My roof rattles a bit... And there are air noises from around the window seals. It really is rather loud at motorway speeds.
You won't really notice the difference between an open and limited slip diff when driving normally, but its quite apparent if you press on a bit. With an open diff if you accelerate hard through a corner you can spin up the wheel which isn't loaded, whereas with an LSD it continues to grip because the difference in rotation between the two wheels can't exceed a certain ratio. Thats my basic understanding at least...
And when being childish - with an open diff the power can shift from one side to the other, and may all go to one side etc, depending on the conditions, so it can be a bit unpredictable. Its easier to predict how the car will behave with an LSD because you know roughly what the wheels are doing. Of course in newer cars with sophisticated electronic assists (ASC/DSC/ESP/whatever) this is less of a factor, hence Fox's comments.
The other day for example when I tried to do a skid, once I lost the back end a bit I couldn't get it back... In the MX5 with its LSD its quite easy to get it back unless you do something really incredibly daft.
You won't really notice the difference between an open and limited slip diff when driving normally, but its quite apparent if you press on a bit. With an open diff if you accelerate hard through a corner you can spin up the wheel which isn't loaded, whereas with an LSD it continues to grip because the difference in rotation between the two wheels can't exceed a certain ratio. Thats my basic understanding at least...
And when being childish - with an open diff the power can shift from one side to the other, and may all go to one side etc, depending on the conditions, so it can be a bit unpredictable. Its easier to predict how the car will behave with an LSD because you know roughly what the wheels are doing. Of course in newer cars with sophisticated electronic assists (ASC/DSC/ESP/whatever) this is less of a factor, hence Fox's comments.
The other day for example when I tried to do a skid, once I lost the back end a bit I couldn't get it back... In the MX5 with its LSD its quite easy to get it back unless you do something really incredibly daft.
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If you want to drift which it sounds like you do then do some little mods to the car like a quick rack and LSD because tbh ocean liner steering and open diff is just making it difficult for yourself. Then most importantly, just get yourself along to a DWYB day and spend the whole day ******* around, getting some pointers from experienced drivers and getting to grips with it. You will learn more in 1 day than in years of messing on the street where you don't really know what you're doing and are scared of messing up/crashing into stuff/getting caught by the fuzz.
