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Originally Posted by GTRFAN Why would Nissan put a useless viscous LSD in the Z range when nearly all previous models have had mechanical LSD's? S13, RPS13, S14, S15, R32,

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Old 11-27-2009, 08:00 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Why would Nissan put a useless viscous LSD in the Z range when nearly all previous models have had mechanical LSD's? S13, RPS13, S14, S15, R32, R33, R34, R35 ...
3 reasons.

Viscous units have better street manors because the slip ratio is high and they are silent.

Viscous units don't wear out with street driving, gear and clutch units eventually require a rebuild.

Viscous units are cheaper, an important point when your building a car for a $30K price point.

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