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LSD difference?
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MrFancypants
Autocross Champion
Everything I've read suggests that it's a fairly transformative modification. I'm saving my pennies so I can have one put in when the stock clutch either fails or I get bored and start wanting power upgrades.
Corradoluvher
Ready to race!
Im interested in this as well. I went from stock to k04 with LSD since it was the cheapest route. And i still havent gotten to open her up since i have to break in the clutch. Il mention this thought I took a jughandle thats near my house that i take all the time so im familiar with it and how my car felt around it when i was stock. I didnt punch the gas but i did feel that the car took the jughandle really well with the lsd. It felt a lot better than when i was with open diff. I think i just answered my question lol. But im interested to hear from other people to see if they thought it was worth it or not because i dont know how the car feels punching it on a straight with k04 and no lsd.
"Worth" will vary between everyone. Is it worth it for some people? Yes. Is it worth it for others? No. Just depends. If you plan on keeping the car a few years I would suggest doing it. I feel like my car handles better overall because of the LSD. Cornering and traction have improved. This is one of those mods you won't notice unless you take corners hard or WOT frequently in 1st or 2nd gear. Normal daily driving you likely won't even notice the mod at all. I had my LSD installed March 2016 and have had no transmission issues thus far. Probably 30K+ miles since then. My only issue with the LSD is thinking how I can make money back on it if I were ever to part out or sell my car. Thoughts come and go, but likely will have to do a transmission trade + cash on top to get any of the parts and labor money back. This is not an issue, but something to think about.
tsmack
Ready to race!
For me, yes, worth every penny. Better straight line traction, better cornering traction, better wet weather traction, better snow/ice traction, just simply better and with the K04 power its hard to put that traction down in most of those conditions. I feel much safe pushing the car and using the K04 power now in all of those conditions.
jay745
What Would Glenn Danzig Do
I went into it knowing that it would not be something I can sell if I ever decide to part out. sucks but pay to play.
thatspsychotic
Ready to race!
Very much this. I'm not even that deep into mods, but with 136k miles, I'm now of the mindset that I'll own this car for a very very long time, even if it stops being my daily driver at some point in the future. That way I don't even think about cost recovery, since I'm not expecting to sell the car in the foreseeable future.
Charles@NGP
Ready to race!
The LSD will completely change how your car drives and handles for the better. Pulling out of a corner is drastically different and feels sooooooo much better.
Heck, even with swapping AWD into my car I feel that the LSD makes a big enough difference to be a necessity.
Heck, even with swapping AWD into my car I feel that the LSD makes a big enough difference to be a necessity.
blackwrath88
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I'm getting one a wavetrac installed now, I'll be posting a review on it once its done.
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I would think that's going to be best answered by whomever created your DSG and ecu tunes. Some tunes are not going to mesh well with certain friction materials. Also depends on what level of mods you have