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anyone with expericence with OPM LSD ?

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Old Apr 17, 2003 | 06:17 PM
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Default anyone with expericence with OPM LSD ?

I see some race cars use OPM LSD's
how would this be on a daily driver/autoX/track car

I tried searching but couldn't find ppl who actually use this LSD.
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Old Apr 17, 2003 | 06:27 PM
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Default Re: anyone with expericence with OPM LSD ? (Dan GSR)

I know a bunch of people who have them, including myself, but in track only cars.

Its pretty aggressive, but I don't see why you couldn't put it in a street driven car.
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Old Apr 17, 2003 | 07:08 PM
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I have owned three OPM LSDs in three different cars, the last of which has not yet run. All of my experience was as racecars and not street but all was good and the price compared will to the other brands. On the cheap I bought a Phantom Grip LSD for my street car and new it was never as tight as the OPM unit and has faded quickly from there. It is the last PG I will own. I'd have no qualms about another OPM unit.
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Old Apr 17, 2003 | 07:29 PM
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We have this LSD on the CRX and so far, it ran 19 races last year (9 minumum 1.5 hr. endurance races) and 5 races this year (4 minumum 1.5 hr. endurance races). I should say it ran 18 races last year and 5 laps of another as the tranny completely self-destructed (or I destructed it). Same LSD in both trannies - it was the ONLY savable part out of the trans that became silver milk. When we took the trans apart and based on missing teeth, the quarter sized hole through the casing, square bearings and a smell that I don't even want to describe, I figured the LSD was trash too - sent it in just to see, it was fine, it was actually tightened for us and sent back still on the same friction material it started life with. Needless to say, I am sort of a fan and if it decides to take a crap in two weeks, I'll buy another one. Oh, and I think it had 5 SCCA races and 3 double schools on it prior to our beating up on it. Would it be the right diff for daily driving? That I don't know, it might be a bit aggressive (but these can be adjusted so that might not be an issue).
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