Sorry noob question

[snatch13]

I have a 1995 240sx SE. I was wondering how you could tell if the car has LSD or not? I've been told by some people that all SE's came with LSD, but I was given the original pamphlet for the car and it says that ABS/LSD came together in a package and was optional on the base model and the SE.

Is there anyway to tell from the VIN, or looking at the diff? I did look but nothing really stood out and I wouldn't know the difference between a LSD diff and a non-LSD one. Can anyone help? Thanks.

[supportTHEezln]

if you pick up the rear end and spin one tire - if it has lsd both tires will spin same direction, if not, they'll spin opposite. i'm sure this is in faq though.

[snatch13]

alright thanks... i used the search and google, and didnt find an answer... im not a noob to forums where i dont search... trust me i hate that as much as the next guy... but i couldnt find an answer...

[Irukandji]

more fun way to test: bring up the revs, pop the clutch and peel out.

look at your tire marks

1 tire mark = open diff
2 tire marks = vlsd

[projectRDM]

Best way to verify, open the hood, look for the ABS actuator. Easier than jacking the car up or driving it like an ass. Unless it's a Canadian model you should have both.

[Sil-Abc]

if not i kno someone thats selling a vlsd

[snatch13]

thanks for the help... I'm pretty sure the car doesn't have it... so sil-abc, want to hook me up with your friend? what is the lsd out of? let me know

[JuJuBee]

by the way a vlsd works, if you spin it while the car is jacked up, its still going to act like an open diff

the fluid hasnt heated up and expanded yet...

[TheTimanator]

more fun way to test: bring up the revs, pop the clutch and peel out.

look at your tire marks

1 tire mark = open diff
2 tire marks = vlsd
also...this does not always work. With my open diff, if i dumped the clutch in a straight line i would get 2 marks about 25% of the time. Also, my current VLSD doesn't always lock when i launch :bash:

[exitspeed]

Hmmm, guess I was wrong Collin. I thought that the SE's all had lsd...Oh well...Hey, I can help you install one since I just did mone 2 weeks ago...


Isn't there a sticker in the LSD too? Or is that just for S13's?

[snatch13]

theres supposedly an orange sticker on the pumpkin, but after 10 years i would think that may not stay on... im going to take off the back cover of the diff and find out for sure in a little while...

also, does anyone know where the ABS acutator would be? I would assume by the brake fluid?? or not...

[exitspeed]

theres supposedly an orange sticker on the pumpkin, but after 10 years i would think that may not stay on... im going to take off the back cover of the diff and find out for sure in a little while...

also, does anyone know where the ABS acutator would be? I would assume by the brake fluid?? or not...

The VLSD sticker on mine is still there. When au doing this Collin, I could help. It;s not just as easy as taking the rear cover off. You have to pull the whole LSD out. Unless S14's diff's are different, which I don't think they are.

[snatch13]

well hopefully ill get to it tonight... but maybe ill wait since im driving it to chicago tomorrow... if i do it tonight ill call you...