I appreciate everyone's feedback here, good part of what makes it such a great site. I'm not sure that yellow example is still available, I have been watching Porsche Pre-owned for a month or so now and haven't noticed it and also was hoping to source one closer to home (Long Island, NY) so I could see it in person with a shuttle flight or less. My daily commuter is a Volvo 240 that goes 1.5 Miles to a train station and back so this is strictly a 50%/50% weekend/track car. Given where 996 GT3's are trading currently, from a relative value standpoint, it seems a less costly option to begin with a used GT3 than the mods I would need to get my Cayman to equivalent spec., ie +80HP,
LSD, shocks/springs. Then there is the issue of longer term reliability and re-sale.
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LSD - Limited Slip Differential
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A limited slip differential (LSD) is a modified or derived type of differential gear arrangement that allows for some difference in rotational velocity of the output shafts, but does not allow the difference in speed to increase beyond a preset amount. In an automobile, such limited slip differentials are sometimes used in place of a standard differential, where they convey certain dynamic advantages, at the expense of greater complexity.
The main advantage of a limited slip differential is found by considering the case of a standard (or "open") differential where one wheel has no contact with the ground at all. In such a case, the contacting wheel will remain stationary, and the non-contacting wheel will rotate freely– the torque transmitted will be equal at both wheels, but will not exceed the threshold of torque needed to move the vehicle, thus the vehicle will remain stationary. In everyday use on typical roads, such a situation is very unlikely, and so a normal differential suffices. For more demanding use however, such as driving off-road, or for high performance vehicles, such a state of affairs is undesirable, and the LSD can be employed to deal with it. By limiting the velocity difference between a pair of driven wheels, useful torque can be transmitted as long as there is some friction available on at least one of the wheels.
To see the installation of a LSD style unit Click Here -> Article Forthcoming Stay Tuned |
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