Drift Question

[miata1.6]

Originally Posted by sidewayzS13

ok why not?

Its a street car. If you weld your diff,you will have a shitty ride around turns, if you "splurge" and go to a junk yard and get an LSD from a 1984-1989 300ZX for like $50 then you will have a nice LSD in your 240. and remember, Z31s had about 160 HP at the crank your 240 has like 155.

[sidewayzS13]

no my 240 had more like 230ish. and im not in the mood to buy a lsd that may or may not work correctly so id go welded for drifting. and welded for drifting is better because its the most predictable beside a "real" 2 way. the rest all keep you guessing w/ when they are going to be locked or not. and fuck it i wouldnt mind a "shitty ride" and its not really shitty around all dorners mainly just when your going really slwo like parking. and i said in a street car id go open meaning if i was just using as a daily driver and had no other intentions w/ that car i would stay open, because why not

[SHIFT_KA24DE]

of course you can break loose w/o lsd... mine is open... it's just sloppy and unpredictable compared to my friend's s14 with a vlsd (both stock ka). It's really your preference and given scenario. You can learn how to control your car w/o lsd and then buy a lsd... and then relearn how to do it... OR just skip that process and start with a lsd to begin with.

You can connect turns much easier. Once you get one turn down you're going to want to 'connect' turns... and then at that point.. an open diff is the worst thing to have.

[sidewayzS13]

+1 for that whole post.

[lucky13garage]

Im running with a welded diff. and my car rides alright all except the inside tire does skip at lower gears while turning... all and all it shifts super super smooth, catches hard but not too hard and is great for beggener drifting... Im leaerning slow because i dont wanna wrap my ride around a pole too soon...