i was wondering how to tell open vs posi front and rear differentials

[97ej22]

What kind of diffs are in my 97 obw sport... like is it posi in the back and open in the front or is it lsd in the front and open in the back?

Thanks in advance

[Fairtax4me]

http://www.cars101.com might have an answer for that.

[97ej22]

Ok I've never heard of viscous coupling locking center diff...what's that mean

[Suzam]

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential5.htm

[Rooster2]

I remember an English car called the Jensen Interceptor back in the late 60's to early 70's that was four wheel drive with viscous coupling locking center differential. So, it is nothing new. Using the viscous coupling, the wheel that slipped had it's power transferred to another wheel. I heard it worked very well, but I guess not well enough for Jensen. I don't think they are in biz anymore.

[edrach]

What kind of diffs are in my 97 obw sport... like is it posi in the back and open in the front or is it lsd in the front and open in the back?

Thanks in advance

Front and rear diffs are both open. Center diff is viscous, non locking. I believe that a rear VLSD was available as an option, but I'm not aware of anyone who has one that came with the car when purchased new.

[GeneralDisorder]

Impreza OBS will be open on both ends. Standard AWD system. Nothing special. VLSD's, etc are on higher-end turbo models mostly.

 

GD

[Gloyale]

Impreza OBS will be open on both ends. Standard AWD system. Nothing special. VLSD's, etc are on higher-end turbo models mostly.

 

GD

 

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