Hi

I'm looking to buy a 2002 6Spd, but everytime I ask the sales person about LSD they ussually don't know what it is or confuse it with Traction Control.

Is there anyway I can tell if the car has LSD without driving the car hard?

Thanks.

 

If I am mistaken, all the 5th gens have LSD.

 

Drive it and see if you trip

No, not all 5th gens have LSD. Of the 2000-2001 models, I think only the AE edition had the option of VLSD, and that was on the 5spd only (?)

2002-2003 I think the 6spds had the option, and it was an HLSD design?
I believe LSD-equipped cars are identifyable by the pedals--if they're metal drilled as opposed to plastic?

 

You are mistaken. Spirillis is partially correct. Stock wise, the pedals do signify that HLSD is present. However, many of us have added the pedals and we do not have HLSD. I believe the plate that's on the firewall will definitively identify whether or not you have HLSD.

 

From a former post...

"Anyway, here is what you have to look for on the plate in the engine bay:

The engine code will read : VQ35(DE)

If you have a 6 speed with an open differential, the code will be: RS6F51A

A as in open diff

If you have a 6 speed with a Helical Limitd Slip Differential the code will read RS6F51H

H as in Helical."

 

Real quick refresh of my memory... limited slip differential is the same concept as positraction, where the car is driven by two drive tires instead of just one, correct?

 

Yup.........similar but still different

 

Yeah, I understand that they are still different. What I am asking is how come both of my front tires can leave nice tread marks on the asphault when my non-posi '96 camaro only would leave one tread mark from the drive tire? Do I make sense?

 

Not different in overall mechanical functionality, but different in name. Positraction is just the General Motors (GM) moniker for a limited slip differential. Chrysler's limited slip is called Trac Lock. They all have their little gimmick names. They are the exact same same thing mechanically, though...

There are different mechanical engagements and different systems and styles, but they do the same thing.

 

A limited slip will divide the power evenly between the two wheels (hence the two stripes) vs. an open differential which will provide the most power to the wheel with the least resistance (the one already spinning)...

It can be much more complicated than that, and it usually is today as there is more technology involved in the modern LSD. Today's LSD's can limit power to wheels that are losing traction and deliver it to the other side to keep overall control of the vehicle...

I could explain this stuff all day as there are many different types of LSD's now...

 

OK thanks alot! This definately helps. I will check the engine code.

 

to answer your question, the auto ae has the same vlsd as the manual.

 

To be a little more specific, its the transaxle code you are looking for, not the engine code. Its on the firewall inside the engine compartment.

 

So does that mean that I have LSD on my 2000 GXE, because I leave two tire treads, not one.

 

not necessarily. Sometimes an open diff will leave two stripes...but not that often...

 

For a 2001 Max the I.D. numbers for the 5 speed LSD are RS5F50V. The auto LSD numbers are RE4F04W.
MCE

 

hmm... if I do not have a LSD, I want one. Where can I get one for my car?

 

As far as I know you would have to swap out your tranny.$$$$$$
MCE

 

Oh yay!!! Hmm... does anyone have the numbers for a 2000 with lsd?

 

i always leave two burn out marks.... does an auto 00' SE have a limited slip option?

 

No. It more than likely means that both tires had the same amount of grip.

 

5th gen 3.0Ls only the AE versions had VLSD- which is viscous limited slip differential, 02-03 had the option of a Helical Limited Slip diff- hence HLSD. HLSD only comes on the 6spd tranny, which is shared with Spec V SE-R and the new Tiburon.

 

I always leave two tread marks too. Where could I get a AE 5-speed tranny? And would it bolt on to my GXE?

 

hmm, So no one manufactures an aftermarket LSD for the Auto tranny. Ive come across torque converters and shift kits, no differentials

 

Will an AE tranny bolt onto my GXE. And if yes, where can I find one?

 

It would probably fit. Try a junkyard.

Quaife doesn't make an LSD for our cars yet?

 

Well damn. Lucky enough for me, my uncle owns a junkyard, and my family works with a salvage yard. So I am on my hunt to find the tranny for my maxima.