Wavetrack LSD

It's not a secret that powerful FWD cars are always struggling to effectively put their power onto the road. And this is almost impossible with open differential, that always puts the power where "easy to put it", i.e. onto the wheel, that in the slippery surface or in the air. It will never put the power onto the wheel that under greater load than other in the same axle.

The LSD (Limited-slip differential) will do exactly the opposite: it will put the power, where its needed, i.e. onto the wheel that has better traction in specific moment. This is exactly what we need on the slippery road or at high speed cornering.

Wavetrack LSD has been chosen for this purpose.

Complete LSD conversion kit

Some pictures from install:

 02Q 6-x speed gearbox prepared

Open differential (at the bottom) vs Wavetrack LSD

Now the cornering became the different story: under acceleration the car is simply sticks the desired trajectory while cornering. Indeed, this allows to achieve very impressive cornering speeds and made the car's behavior more safer and predictable on the slippery road.

It's maintenance free and will perform a lifetime of service without any touch. Also, it offers improved no-load performance when compared to other helical gear differentials on the market.
You may read more details here at the product web page.

Of course, transmission oil has been replaced again. The same oil has been used as in previous replace (Valvoline SYN POWER 75W-90) as it is compatible with LSD differential. But this time it has been filled without any oil additives, that lowers friction within the gearbox. This is according to directions from LSD manufacturer (Wavetrack).


Odometer: 67,300 km.