Stupid question from a non motor head - Lock-up Torque Converter vs LSD

[two_wheel_mayhem]

Originally Posted by squat

How would limited slip effect fuel mileage?

Also, thank you for embedding the video, how did you manage to do it?

Takes more effort to spin the diff, slightly more parasitic loss. Otherwise it's just a tacky move by Chevy, giving the more expensive car the cheap differential. The video describes an open type differential.

This site automatically embeds videos for me because I'm special.
Or, since you aren't buying that I just copy/paste the link instead of whatever it was you did.

[squat]

Originally Posted by two_wheel_mayhem

Takes more effort to spin the diff, slightly more parasitic loss. Otherwise it's just a tacky move by Chevy, giving the more expensive car the cheap differential. The video describes an open type differential.

This site automatically embeds videos for me because I'm special.
Or, since you aren't buying that I just copy/paste the link instead of whatever it was you did.

Yeah, the parasitic loss makes sense. The video describes a limited slip about 2/3 of the way through (IIRC).

Maybe the auto-youtube wasn't working because I was doing it on my iPad instead of my computer. Either way, thanks for the information.

[2Muchmark]

Thanks for all the info, but it doesn't really answer my question. Why would I have to give up Limiited Slip if I took Automatic Transmission?

On the General Motors "Build your Camaro" website, limited slip and 6 speed manual are standard. But when I choose Automatic, I get a pop up saying that Limited Slip is now also de selected. I just don't get the relationship between the two.

[ChrisBlair]

Comrando answered it in the first reply. Sir Nuke also did two posts later