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Old 06-17-2006, 12:09 AM
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My buddy is thinking about getting either a traction bar or LSD. He isn't sure which one is better to get. (B16 drag turbo kit) I think they are equally important however if i was limited to budget i told him i would get an LSD over traction bar. My reasoning was to get power down to two wheels as opposed to the 1. Anyways he wants more opiniong is he can get any. So any feedback is appreciated.


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Both! but if he only have money for one get the LSD, its a better investment, I have both, but after I installed the traction bar I had a lot of wheel spin, even on drag radials, but it illiminate all my wheel hop, and I had really bad wheel hop before it.
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LSD 1st
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agreed get the diff first then the bars, but you will deffinately bennifit from both.
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go with lsd
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I would go with both OBX lsd 379. traction bars about 250 (Quaife and Kazz 975)my friend did 337hp 12.1@116 in a eg with the obx one year old beating the crap out of it everyday still going.
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talk to hybrid hatch about the obx lsd...the things are great...his has gone through hell and back...and its still going strong...over 2 years old...seen a ton of track time and a whole lot of hp
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BOTH.. They actually complement one another.
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are OBX lsd's actually that good? I mean the price difference is almost 600 bucks... theres gotta be a catch. like they say you dont get anything for free in this world. He was thinking about getting an R tranny instead of buying a unit and having his entire tranny pulled apart and spend big $$$ to do so. If anyone has anymore info on that obx lsd that would be great.

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sirguy01 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My buddy is thinking about getting either a traction bar or LSD. He isn't sure which one is better to get. (B16 drag turbo kit) I think they are equally important however if i was limited to budget i told him i would get an LSD over traction bar. My reasoning was to get power down to two wheels as opposed to the 1. Anyways he wants more opiniong is he can get any. So any feedback is appreciated.


thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

when you say your "buddy" you mean yourself right? heh. LSD first.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sirguy01 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are OBX lsd's actually that good? I mean the price difference is almost 600 bucks... theres gotta be a catch. like they say you dont get anything for free in this world. He was thinking about getting an R tranny instead of buying a unit and having his entire tranny pulled apart and spend big $$$ to do so. If anyone has anymore info on that obx lsd that would be great.

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Believe it or not they really isnt a catch.The early units had problems with axles sticking in them and not coming out but other then that they are good.You need to go over the unit and double check the torque on the bolts but that is about it.They have held up to about 5-600whp so far without any signs of failure.I would go OBX and get some traction bars from LSD motorsports [250ish] that is what i did and its a great setup for the money.
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nahhh dude i'm using an R tranny with ETD traction bars. He's actually doesn't believe that he should do lsd first. so hopefully this changes his mind. Don't hate.
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If you are on a budget, do the obx lsd, and build your own traction bars. I put my bars together for right at 100$. You can get the radius rods, jam nuts, and heim joints (high quality parts) from Speedway motors, or any other comparable company and just cut your end pieces out of 3/8" plate, and find some stout tubing for a crossbar...

Last year I made 325 mustang whp, and had a stock gsr trans and my traction bars helped traction quite a bit, and completely killed my wheel hop (which was previously horrible).

This year however, I have a gsr trans w/quaife and pg cradle to go w/my custom bars
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If buying the obx LSD where can you get the torque specs?? 300 and some change isnt a bad investment on LSD. I dont mind turning a wrench on a new product for a cheaper price.
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wooww!!!

So, the obx lsd has held that long for u? I've seriously thought about buying the obx lsd, but common, it's made by OBX.

Nonetheless, i've heard some good things about the obx lsd through honda-tech
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