How can you tell if your car has a limited slip differential(torsen one specifically)

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

No, manufacturing and production are aspects I'm having to teach myself. My studies focus on engineering science and on design. I've done professional work in IT as well as research in heat transfer, and I've studied sold-state electronics in my spare time on top of the required introductory electrical coursework. I'm currently working on my own numerical analysis codes in the hopes of making my own computer aided optimization routines based on my own conceptual genetic algorithms. These will integrate finite element analysis into the iteration routine for an automated "engineering in a box" sort of package. Maybe I should just sell the software package when I'm done and retire now instead of using it in industry.

no offense, but this sounds like an awful lot of big words without any real substance. i know about all of the subject areas you wrote about in this post and have no idea what you are trying to do or even what is involved. it sounds to me like you know the names of the classes, but thats about it.

computer aided optimization routines? based on my own conceptual genetic algorithms? no one who works in the industry or actually graduated with a degree in engineering talks like that. you could have left out "computer aided" since it is pretty dang obvious any type of "optimization routine" will happen on a computer...just an example.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: melchoir
HP/Liter argument is a joke.

Is it?

Yes

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: melchoir
HP/Liter argument is a joke.

Is it? You just haven't seen a properly built V8. A guy I know made 800hp out of a NATURALLY ASPIRATED small block.

But reliability is what most are after. I'm sure that thing is a beast (can I have one?) but how does it hold up long-term?

 

[Christobevii3]

Sounds like your old limited slip had enough miles on it that it was working as open.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

No, manufacturing and production are aspects I'm having to teach myself. My studies focus on engineering science and on design. I've done professional work in IT as well as research in heat transfer, and I've studied sold-state electronics in my spare time on top of the required introductory electrical coursework. I'm currently working on my own numerical analysis codes in the hopes of making my own computer aided optimization routines based on my own conceptual genetic algorithms. These will integrate finite element analysis into the iteration routine for an automated "engineering in a box" sort of package. Maybe I should just sell the software package when I'm done and retire now instead of using it in industry.

no offense, but this sounds like an awful lot of big words without any real substance. i know about all of the subject areas you wrote about in this post and have no idea what you are trying to do or even what is involved. it sounds to me like you know the names of the classes, but thats about it.

computer aided optimization routines? based on my own conceptual genetic algorithms? no one who works in the industry or actually graduated with a degree in engineering talks like that. you could have left out "computer aided" since it is pretty dang obvious any type of "optimization routine" will happen on a computer...just an example.

I'm not in the industry. That's true. That's probably why I sound this way. The problem I'm running into is that I've had to learn so much on my own that I have nothing to show until I actually start working. I've got one leg deep in computers and another leg deep into wrenching as a hobby, and when I finally put the two of them together (when I start my own car business) all hell will break loose.

By the way, my CAO routines are based on my own genetic algorithm that I'm developing based on reponse surface methodologies. I don't blame you if you think it sounds like bullsh¡t coming from some punk on an online forum, but the proof will come in a matter of years. Stay tuned.

 

[ballmode]

intresting

best way is to just pull into some grass, have a passenger get out and watch you power brake in the grass... see if both tires spin

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: melchoir
HP/Liter argument is a joke.

Is it?

Yes

Take two engines with the same constant air/fuel ratio and the same rpm range (with all other variables optimized). If they use their fuel efficiently, their power should be directly proportional to their displacement. Any discrepancies are due to inefficiencies introduced through poor design. If you want to argue flame propagation speed, intake restriction, and stuff like that, forget it.... it's all part of the design, and any of these problems can be prevented through better design. (Smaller cylinders are naturally more efficient, and this is why supercars typically have a lot of small cylinders.)

Now, there is one thing more important than hp/liter, and it's hp/mass. The mass of a motor correlates quite well with its displacement (assuming the block is of the same material), so this is why hp/liter is so common of a comparison.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: melchoir
HP/Liter argument is a joke.

Is it?

Yes

Explain.

 

[Koing]

OP have you had time to test your new LSD further?

Good reading in this thread :thumbsup:

Koing

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: ballmode
intresting

best way is to just pull into some grass, have a passenger get out and watch you power brake in the grass... see if both tires spin

On such a low-traction surface, both tires will probably spin - even with an open differential.