does 95 C36 has limited slip differential?
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does 95 C36 has limited slip differential?
how would i know if it has limited slip differential? and if not? can i replace the one on there with a limited slip?
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I don't think it has it unless the previous owner replaced it with an aftermarket one. None of the newer models have it either, MB uses ESP to emulate the effect of the LSD by applying the brakes. I think that the first time it is offered as an option is with the new E63 AMG. There are a lot of people that installed quife LSD in their C32s but I don't know if quife offers one for the C36. You may want to search at the C32/C55 threads and ask the people that installed it in their C32's to tell you more info.
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I don't think it has it unless the previous owner replaced it with an aftermarket one. None of the newer models have it either, MB uses ESP to emulate the effect of the LSD by applying the brakes. I think that the first time it is offered as an option is with the new E63 AMG. There are a lot of people that installed quife LSD in their C32s but I don't know if quife offers one for the C36. You may want to search at the C32/C55 threads and ask the people that installed it in their C32's to tell you more info.
The SL65 was the only MB available with LSD stck to US buyers. It may be available worldwide as an option or standard on the newer E63 now.
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see the post 15 & 18.
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...ght=030+option
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Here's a CLS55 w/ the 030 option and it has an LSD. I assumed that if the CLS had it as an option than the E must have too.
see the post 15 & 18.
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see the post 15 & 18.
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Here's a CLS55 w/ the 030 option and it has an LSD. I assumed that if the CLS had it as an option than the E must have too.
see the post 15 & 18.
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...ght=030+option
see the post 15 & 18.
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...ght=030+option
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simple test.. find an open space with nobody around, put a lot of sand/gravel/water under one rear wheel, the other rear wheel on pavement. if neither spins on acceleration, u have lsd. if the one in the sand spins uselessly, it's an open differential.
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Obvious you don't know about LSD! My 350Z has LSD and it does the same thing. Well when I used to take it out in bad weather. Also my bros 04 GTO has LSD and does the same thing.
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Not happening.By the way Ask your bro to bring the GTO as well!
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I'm trying to picture it! If he goes in the snow which we have plenty of here right now,and one wheel spins helplessly while the other one does'nt that means he has an open diff.
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My 350Z Touring has LSD. Only the base model Z doesnt have it. From driving both the Z and the c36 in the snow the wheels alternate left and right. No use arguing with you
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My wife drove a C36 before her C55. I had an S55 before my current S65. None of them had LSD. I remember being disappointed when we got the C36 (new in 1996) because her previous car, a 190E 2.3-16, came with LSD standard. That car, the "Mercedes-Cosworth," was in some ways the proto-AMG, in that it proved there was a market for tuned MBs. It struck me as a step backwards that the C36 didn't have limited-slip. It still strikes me as ridiculous that you couldn't get one on a C55, much less an S65. We'll see about the C63. It's not a good sign that the 030 Performance Package for the S63 does not include a limited-slip differential.
The only factory AMG to have one standard is the SL65, but with the LSD that chassis has bigger traction problems than the S65 without one. It is part of the 030 package for the SL55, CLS55, CLS63 and E63. It is not included in the 030 package for the SLK55, S63 or CL63.
The only factory AMG to have one standard is the SL65, but with the LSD that chassis has bigger traction problems than the S65 without one. It is part of the 030 package for the SL55, CLS55, CLS63 and E63. It is not included in the 030 package for the SLK55, S63 or CL63.
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also depends the percentage slip. the post i put above should only be true when u don't go wot/full throttle or the slip isn't too bad. if u truly wanted zero slip in all conditions when one wheel clearly cannot find grip, then u need a 100% transfer from the lsd. iirc, the e46 m3 had that.
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