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Originally Posted by Ohio Enthusiast
Going on a bit of a tangent, but most mid-engine sport cars lack an LSD entirely, or only offered as an option in the "race-trims". The cited reason is that MR have enough weight on the rear wheels to make traction not an issue and that an LSD in an MR platform causes understeer on track (negating the benefits of an LSD for overall lap times). Lotus presumably only ever offered an LSD in the Elise after US autocross drivers complained about it (something that Lotus did concede made sense for autocross speeds and tightness of turns, but still stuck to their claim that for track work an LSD is detrimental).
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Interesting stuff you guys. Learned something new today.
I will need to go do my own digging on this subject as I've honestly never heard of this before. But overall yeah it's fun to learn something new.