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      04-04-2011, 08:20 PM   #23
cleex024
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Originally Posted by DJKhan85 View Post
you bring up a very good point. I will let you in on what I found when driving my car with the LSD for the first time in a parking lot.....when it was raining . The LSD does NOT magically give you more grip. That's more a function of your tires. If you take a turn without the lsd and floor it, not much will happen. Most of the power will spin away on the inside tire but you'd still be going in the same direction. In the same scenario you add the LSD and the back has more of a tendency to step out or slide. This may sound counter intuitive to what we want a LSD to do. The good news is that the rear end will step out in a very predictable way. This will actually help you go around a turn faster but it could bite you in the rear end much easier if you don't get used to it first(as I found out by doing a 360 as I was exiting said parking lot).

I can immediately feel the difference between my buddy's 335 auto with open diff. It just doesn't feel as controllable with the throttle mid turn.
sweet well if you can feel it that much and with the experience Ive had with the 335i which is not much (6 weeks) i hope i really feel the difference. cause spending $2500 including labor to put it in seems like a lot to spend if i dont feel it most of the time. anyhow will this help is the fact that 1st and 2nd gear spin from the boost will almost be eradicated?

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Wavetrac 'cause that's what I run

no, both Quaife or Wavetrac are really good and very similar if not the same build quality and lifetime warranty...i chose wavetrac for price
well i hope so...if someone with experience with both the quaife and wavetrac could chime in it would be extremely helpful in my decision even though I am on the side of wavetrac right now.
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