amirza786
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Yes, I agree with you in turns and around corners. But straight line taking off from a stop light an LSD helps a little (especially with Torque Steer when the tires are spinning), but traction control tends to even things out by pulling power, statrigic braking etcI'm going to chime back in here and say part of what you said is false. Reason being is because an LSD will help you in straight conditions, but it certainly will help you in less traction conditions including going around corners. With an LSD, power is going to be diverted to the one with the most traction, where an open diff is always going to start to send power to the one with least traction. When you're going around a corner, this LSD will ensure power is getting sent to the correct wheel for traction, which in conjunction with traction control will help you even more. However there are still some situations where you want to turn traction control off, but those are pretty rare. There are a few types of LSDs out there, which can change the exact reaction and also varies from FWD or RWD platforms. For us, our cars have the Helical type.
Another thing to take into consideration here is that a manual transmission will always have an advantage over automatic in these situations too. You have much more control over power getting to the wheels (gas/clutch input and gear choice), where an automatic you're pretty stuck. If you had a FWD LSD manual and a FWD LSD automatic, the manual platform would outperform, especially from a dead stop in slippery/snowy conditions.
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