Originally Posted by adie
TB LSDs will not work as well as a plate type in snow or ice or when a
wheel is in the air with a plate type you can drive very slowly with a broken drive shaft thats why they are used more in racing plus they
can be set with braking ramps to link both wheels under braking aswell
but like ive said for road can be noisy and they wear very slowly but
they do
Unfortunately I have to say this is not true at all. With a broken shaft and using a Quaife LSD you can still drive. Also, a plate diff is not even near as precise as a torsen type diff when driving (read: cornering). Also, with a torsen diff you keep more traction then with a plate type, as it does not have a fixed limited slip. An other advantage: it does not need all the maintenenace a plate diff needs.
(have driven many road and race cars with plate LSD and torsen LSD; front, 4 and rear wheel driven. Plate diff's don't match...)
The braking: better to use a racing ABS then locking the drive shaft's as you mention.
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