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Does a Miata Torsen require Limited Slip Additive? I don't think it does, but I wanted to confirm before I order the appropriate RedLine product. It's about a $15 per quart difference.
Use the Searchbar, Noob!
Does a Miata Torsen require Limited Slip Additive? I don't think it does, but I wanted to confirm before I order the appropriate RedLine product. It's about a $15 per quart difference.
It does not.
Thank you.
It's just a series of worn gears, nothing actually "slips" at all.
The manuals for many worm-gear-type diffs specifically tell you not to use limited slip gear oil with them.
Yeah this^. In my car I've got an even better situation. That is, I have a Torsen-type LSD, okay, fine, no additives. But, it's located inside a transaxles which runs straight-cut gears, and THAT manufacturer says to use "shockproof" oil, which has stuff in it that helps the gears, but reportedly is bad for the LSD. Never did find a solution so I use regular but high quality oil. Sorry for the jackage.
I thought LSD additive is designed to increase friction for clutch types. I'm not sure that shockproof oil has those, does it? I thought "shockproof" was designed to increase lubrication.
In reply to Brett_Murphy:
So far as I know the LSD friction modifier additive reduces clutch friction, keeps the clutches from chattering when going around corners
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