ok so iv heard that the RA's dont have a LSD. i have an '05 RA and when i pop the clutch both tires spin and it makes some huge smoke. i dont even have any mods! if there is no lsd then how come my RA has supernatural powers?

 

RA's don't have LSD. you just like to smoke crack, and ride your clutch like it's going out of style.

 

no you don't have an lsd

 

OMG you better take that car to the dealer right away! it's gotta be a factory defect, LOL

 

So for all you smart asses, explain to the guy why he smokes both tires....

 

ummmmmmmm, because he doesn't have enough sense to take his foot off the gas alittle when his tires start to spin.

 

oh and maybe he likes buying tires too. but in all seriousness, do a search,please. there is SO much info logged in this site(couple yrs worth) 99 times out of 100 you can find what you need by doing a search. when i first joined i spent like 2 weeks just sifting through all the info in here(getting up to speed on the lancer). that way you can avoid all the bs of asking a DUH question.

 

not to be mean but im tired of you smart @$$e$ telling me stupid useless sh*t like "he needs to let off the gas." i still would like to know how i can do this w/o an lsd

 

Lefty, RA's know how to put their power to the wheels Thats all ya need to know.

 

and also not to be mean but i and quite a few others a really getting tired of noobs comming in and asking the same questions over and over and over without even trying to do a search. you have the right to be lazy and not search,just like we have the right to be too lazy to type out a long *** answer to the same question again and again.

 

x10 .... Use the Search, Luke.

 

To answer your question, the Ralliart comes with pretty bad stock tires (from what I've been told). The fact that I chirped 2nd (upshifting too!) in an automatic was enough evidence to tell me that the tires are not up to the task. But they're great for burnouts!!

The car also has a very very broad torque band (From low to high rpms) and thus it gets a lot of the torque down even down low. This can cause some major burnouts, and also means one has to be a little careful on the throttle when driving hard (because you'll burn the inside tire or cause some fantastic tire smoke).

You don't need an LSD to do this, by the way. The LSD will help your car put power to the wheel that needs it the most (in an open diff, power gets sent to the wheel that doesn't need it). So basically, it's some semi-okay tires and a ton of torque that allow you to do this.

 

If both tires are getting the same grip, both will break loose at the same time, and both will spin. The only time you'd need an LSD to spin both tires would be if one tire had lots of traction, and one didn't.