Blacksheepdj

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You clearly never installed a rear motor mount on the 4G94 Lancer. I actually sold my 02 with the rear mount still in because I refused to remove it.

w00ht

Wow. Thats the best thing I've heard all day.

A LSD is a Limited Slip Differential. As someone else said it transmits power to both wheels even if one has less traction than the other. It goes in place of the open differential in the final drive portion of the power train. In a rear wheel drive car it is installed in the read end, not in the transmission since the driven wheels are at the back of the car. In a FWD car it is installed in the transaxle assembly, in the bottom where the half shafts connect to the transaxle. Your differential - wether it be open, LSD, locker, etc - is what drives your axles.

A torque converter couples an automatic transmission to the motor, just as a clutch does in a manual transmission. This is the interface between engine and transmission systems, no where near the final drive portion of the power train.

in the image below the differential is connected to the big gear (the picture is a rear end from a RWD car/truck).


An LSD really won't help much in ice and snow, it will just cause both front wheels to spin making steering effectively zero. The reason is because in low traction it takes even less effort to spin your wheels , and FWD steer with the drive wheels. If the steering wheels are spining with out traction, you can't turn.

Here's a great link to learn more about these different types of drive trains.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-tr...ms-channel.htm

You all should read all of that and understand what works with what and what each component does before you spend another dollar on parts for your car.

evo_soul

we will have to see if the 2009 confirmation of Traction control happens

it will be interesting indeed.

jody-z

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David from RPW just placed a post regarding a 4B11 LSD group buy in the following section:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/la...already-3.html