I used to be able to powerslide my car on dry pavement with just a throttle stab. Since I installed whiteline diff bushings to replace the blown ones, the inside tire just spins and the outside holds on. I have to use clutch kicks to step it out, which I'm not a fan of. I'm wondering if replacing the oem vlsd with a new one will give me enough locking to powerslide it properly again. I've got 100k miles and so I'd assume the fluid is pretty tired. I've found one for 350$ new. I'd really like to get a quaife, but I won't be able to afford one for quite a while. My question is, if I replace my vlsd with a new one, will I be in the same boat with single tire fires?

I should add that with the rear off the ground, both tires spin in the same direction in neutral, and with it in gear, they spin in opposite directions, but there is a lot of resistance, so the vlsd is working in some capacity, possibly just a diminished one.

 

jeebus

 

Why are you regularly powersliding?

 

old VLSD is junk, a new VLSD is junk, you may have similar results shortly after install.

 

quaife

 

Dugan. Thanksgiving is just 5 months away.

 

It's not regular per say, unless its wet out. My tires are too expensive for that. But when I do it, I want it to properly step out so I'm not just redlining in a straight line feeling like I don't know how to drive.

 

That's about what I expected to hear, needed confirmation before I spent 750$ more though, thanks.

 

In for the part-out thread:

 

Best single mod I did was quaife & gears.

 

It for sure it not up to the task


Im here waiting for a good LSD to come up in the marketplace

 

A high quality LSD is important. Also having a good limited slip is important, get a quaife. I'm saving for mine at the moment. I had swapped from a vlsd to a torsen in my old miata and even with 100 at the wheels it made a world of difference.

 

Not driving like a d-bag on public roads is more important. Consider the OEM diff a preventative measure to protect the rest of us.

 

I can say that with my new Quaife, it takes nothing to get it to go sideways with traction control turned off. It would make a fantastic diff for drifting. (I'm not doing it on public roads, parking lot at work FTW.) Worth every penny. Best mod you can do to the Z, next to FI. I've got Injen CAI, Megan Headers, Borla true dual exhaust, and now the Quaife ATB. I'm gonna be buried in this car