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StreetSpeed2000

Passed Driver's Ed
ill buy it when they come out with a turbo kit to make enough power to make me really need one.

I'm guessing you've never taken your GTI on a road course?
 

AntiRice292

Drag Racing Champion
Location
Orlando
StreetSpeed2000 said:
I'm guessing you've never taken your GTI on a road course?
you guessed right my man. i never have prolly because i dont know of one thats very close to me. Sebring is the closest one i know of and thats kinda far. But the drag strip is like a half-hour away so i do spend a little time there.
 

AutoXinMK5

Touring Car Champion
Location
Virginia
Dan GSR said:
amen
its amazing what a good lsd for your cornering speed


I have a quaife in my integra, and its one of the best mods you can do for road course / autox

This is true...

Dan GSR said:
although, id advise against it
shit is worse than a crack addiction

This is also true...

haha:biggrin:
 

pinkfl2511

DUB Lover since '01
Location
NJ, USA
Car(s)
1999 BMW 328i
Here is an excerpt from quaife. It'll explain why it's good to have period if you have the 6spd

The Quaife Differential powers both drive wheels under nearly all conditions, instead of just one. With an ordinary open differential, standard on most cars, a lot of precious power is wasted during wheelspin under acceleration. This happens because the open differential shifts power to the wheel with less grip (along the path of least resistance). The Quaife, however, does just the opposite. It senses which wheel has the better grip, and biases the power to that wheel. It does this smoothly and constantly, and without ever completely removing power from the other wheel.

In drag-race style, straight-line acceleration runs, this results in a close to ideal 50/50 power split to both drive wheels, resulting in essentially twice the grip of an ordinary differential (they don't call open diffs "peglegs" for nothing).

In cornering, while accelerating out of a turn, the Quaife biases power to the outside wheel, reducing inside-wheel spin. This allows the driver to begin accelerating earlier, exiting the corner at a higher speed.

The Quaife also controls loss of traction when the front wheels are on slippery surfaces such as ice and snow or mud, providing the appropriate biased traction needed to overcome these adverse conditions. The Quaife Differential provides constant and infinitely variable drive. Power is transferred automatically without the use of normal friction pads or plates seen in other limited-slip designs.

The Quaife's unique design offers maximum traction, improves handling and steering, and puts the power where it is needed most. A definite advantage whether on the track or on the street.

:burnrubber:
 

dwl137

Touring Car Champion
Location
Pennsylvania
I believe there was a post on vwvortex that had an email reply to a member from quaife saying that the DSG LSD was in development but they were not able to give an estimate on when it would be available.
 

AntiRice292

Drag Racing Champion
Location
Orlando
gunnipanik said:
hows installing this? big hassle?
installing an lsd in any FWD car is usually a huge pain in the ass. Since the dif is enclosed in the tranny it requires complete disassembley of the trany. Also before all this you have to pull the tranny out of the car. i dont know about the GTI but some cars this means your pulling the hole motor and tranny combo.
 

MHS216

Anchors Aweigh
Location
All over the place...
Car(s)
UG GTI 2006
gunnipanik said:
hows installing this? big hassle?

I bet the relatively easy part of this is shelling out the $1000 for the parts. I could see install being more expensive than the parts, especially at $75-$125 an hour. If the process does include disassembling the tranny and possibly removing the engine, then I'm going to go ahead and say ouch!! :bonk:
 
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