What is a Limited Slip Differential?

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Limited slip differential is an improved type of differential that restricts wheel slippage, allowing a certain range of speed difference between the two driving wheels to ensure normal driving performance such as turning. The differential is designed to create speed differences between wheels, enabling reasonable torque distribution between left and right wheels during turns to achieve proper turning effects. When the engine's power passes through the clutch, transmission, and driveshaft, and undergoes speed reduction and torque increase via the final drive, it then faces torque distribution between the left and right wheels. This allows the wheels to rotate at different speeds, enabling both wheels to travel unequal distances in a pure rolling manner as much as possible, thereby reducing friction between the tires and the ground. This is the so-called differential process.