JDM-Vic

I just bought a 1992 Civic SiRII, the guy who owned it before me was into looks more than performance and doesn't know if the car he bought from Japan had a LSD or not. I know with Integra's theres a LSD decal on the hatch. But not on EGs, so aside from taking the axles out, or doing a burnout(Ive owned open diff cars that have left two tire patches anyway) is there any markings on the tranny casing or on the body that would tell if it has a LSD or not?

I have onwed only one oher FWD with a LSD and it feels the same when giving it power in a corner, so I "think" it has a LSD. Just want to make sure. TIA.

Corruption

Wow. Do you realize you're in the Accord forum?

JDM-Vic

I do now, thanks tips. I sux at teh internet, sorry. If someone could move it that would be fan freakin tastic .

JDM-Vic

Heres a pic to lure in the folks.

Slo_RSX

If you put the car up on jack stands and spin the front tires, both tires should spin the same direction if you have an LSD.

YeuEmMaiMai

if the car driveline is stock then you have no lsd

Duane_in_Japan

If you need Skyline parts, let me know, its nice in Canada, you only have to wait 15 years to get a JDM stock Skyline.

JDM-Vic

In neutral or in gear?

erk89

Put it in gear, set parking brake and jack up car and spin tires

JDM-Vic

In neutral when I spin one tire the other tire does nothing. I read that if they spin the opposite direction to each other its open diff and if they spin the same direction then its a LSD. Why does one tire not move at all on my car when I do this in neutral?

jeremyrocksursox

did you read what he said? put it in gear, not in neutral

highroller54

to bad that only works with aftermarket clutch style lsds not stock hondas that he is asking about. Turn the wheels a good amount to the right and drop the clutch hard, if you have driven many fwd's you will know right away if it has a posi or pull a axle.

Slo_RSX

I think that means its a non locking LSD. My is a locked diff and thats why booth of mine spin. I could be wrong. But

93SiRIIB16A

so your telling him to try and turn the engine over by the drive wheels with his hands??? and if the slim chance he can accomplish such a task, he will melt the skin off his hands by the speed of the tires when the engine does start. he needs to either look at the stamp on the trans, or suck it up and take the axles out!

F20B-CX

iTrader: (1)

Not with the engine running...
Just jack up the car, put it on stands, and turn the wheels by hand, having somebody watch the other side. Honda diffs can be tricky doing this..so use Bense's method. Put one wheel on grass, the other on pavement. Pop the clutch..if the wheel on the grass spins, it's open diff. If it spins for a second then hooks on the pavement, its LSD.

93SiRIIB16A

of course the half and half check is an accurate way to find out if it's an LSD, but you gotta be very careful when doing that because u can blow out the diff extreamly easy that way, as great as LSD trannys are, they are sensitive at the same time. if the car is a true jdm spec eg then it's a 50/50 shot more then likely if it doesn't say it on the back window it's either a conversion or a non lsd, if it does it's either a done right conversion or a true lsd, either way I'm sure everyone on here will agree that the tranny that comes in the sir is a pretty good solid trans, I have a B16A SiRII in my Eg and it's a non lsd, either way bro you got a solid platform to work with, good luck they car looks great. HONDA PERFORMACE

nsxmatt

Yes, some Civic's came with LSD's and they said lsd on the tranny and had a sticker on the rear hatch glass. They also had a sticker if it had ABS.

ch0g0nda

Holy crap batman. What a load of crap in this thread. JDM SiR II's will have a big stamp on the transmission housing that says 'LSD' if your car is so equipped. If you see no stamp you probably haven't got it.

JDM-Vic

WRONG!!!! SiRIIs did not come with LSDs from the factory, it was only a dealer option. So there would be no stamping on the tranny when it left the factory, nor after it was installed at the dealership.

nsxmatt

Since you know everything, you should be able to figure out how to find out if you have LSD or not. But its obvious you dont know everything so listen to people who know a little something.

EFs and EGs came from the FACTORY with LSD optional. Not dealer installed. There would be LSD stamped on the tranny and a sticker on the back hatch glass on the EG if it had one installed. Most of the time ABS was also installed and came with a LSD\ABS tag.

There are people who have these cars long before you picked up yours so we know a little of what we are talking about...

JSPECSIR

ive got an sir swap in both my 5th gens. 1 has lsd the other doesnt. to me its obvious as hell. the one without spins all the damn time, the one with almost always hooks and goes.

blueg6

...do a burn out. 1 tire fire or 2.

Headman

I am even confussed on this thread. Heck toss a coin in the air and call it. Heads it a LSD tails it's not. go figure!!

1badteg

dont think this is always true is it? my ej8 d16 has no lsd and i smoke both tires...

stock ek

there should be a label on the tranny look at that y21 i know is lsd, i think there might be others but i cant think of the numbers right away, there is also a stamping on it, find it and type it in google and it should give you an answer.