ive heard that lsd transmissions are amazing... what exactly do they do and how do they help. how r they different from a stock tranny or a hydro.

 

better traction, you have power to two wheels instead of one, normally you'll hear the regular trannies called a peg leg. Do a search if will get you more information. Honda-tech's search will answer almost all generic questions like this one.

Nick

 

A LSD transmission is not necessarily different than your transmission. I am not going to be like all of the other buttholes that will soon post a big ole' SEARCH, but I will attempt to teach you something.

LSD stands for Limited Slip Differential. A LSD biases the engine/tranny's output to the wheels. What it does is effectively puts power to BOTH wheels at all times, unlike most "open" differentials (most likely what you have). An open differential puts power to the wheel with the least resistance (ie. the reason why most cars can only spin one drive wheel instead of two). I rear wheel drive terms a LSD is often called a POSI Unit, which does the exact same thing as a LSD.

LSD give the car/driver an advantage in cornering because it will "pull" the car through the turn instead of just letting one wheel spin like a standard open differential would do in hard cornering.

As I stated before, A LSD transmission is not necessarily a different transmission altogether. It has just had the name "LSD transmission" coined to it because it has a Limited Slip Differential installed. For instance, a B16 transmission(as found in 99-00 Civic SI's) and a B18C5 transmission (Found in Integra Type R's) have the exact same internals except for the fact that the B18C5 (Type R) transmission has a Limited Slip Differential installed.

Hopefully this has answered you question. If you need to know anything else please feel free to ask and i am shure that either myself or another H-T member will be willing to help you out.

 

hey dirtyd.. after looking through ur vouch topic it sounds like ur a trustworthy guy. if u have or have access to an H22 like this http://www.hmotorsonline.com/s...30015 with everything on that site, with the lsd tranny, more HP, maybe 220-250, im looking to buy within a few months, if ur interested let me know. also its not that i wouldnt trust you but do you have an ebay account so we could make the transaction there ( only 16 so still live with parents that wouldnt trust this).

 

look in my signature i have a vouch thread