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Originally Posted by fbarrett

LSD is not always good for winter conditions. I had an LSD-equipped Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3 that could get stuck in an inch of snow or ice on my level driveway. When you gave it throttle (auto transmission), the diff would quickly lock up, so the rear tires both spun. This could also be fun when leaving a red light briskly in the rain; if you weren't careful, the whole rear of the car could jump sideways!

You'd prefer 1 of your rear tires was spinning in snow? (Open diff).... More likely to get moving if 2 tires are trying to get you going.

I'm putting lsd in front, and rear of my winter beater DD. The quaife torsen front I'm going to use tho sounds like it won't help much in the white stuff... once a wheel lifts or has near zero traction it acts like an open diff. Clutch type rear should lock tho and help plow through snow.