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Old 12-12-2007, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by immortal_suby View Post
Actually, we have a limited slip rear diff so we are 3 wheel drive. If one of the fronts goes in the air we are down to 2wd but you should never have the rest of the wheels sitting dead in an svx unless something is broken.

A limited slip is actually better for general driving in snow vs. a true lockup diff in that a lockup would have both wheels spinning the same speed in a turn which could cause you to lose traction. A true lockup is for off roading or getting unstuck.
Amen

With our VTD gearboxes, if we pull the fuse we get pure 50/50, locked.

But it would be bad to drive that way on tarmac.

Joe
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