Look under nearly any modern performance car, and chances are you'll find a limited-slip differential. Designed to evenly split the power being sent between drive wheels, LSDs are used on everything ...

Locking differentials are a definite game changer when it comes to off-roading. They increase traction by forcing both tires on an axle to turn. But what is a locking differential? Car people will ...

A Limited slip differential helps you drive effectively and safely. At times, one of the leading wheels might get stuck when driving on gravel or sand. But if you have the differential, you can keep ...

Differentials are pretty easy to understand once you know how they work. Torque is distributed from a driveshaft and split to the driven wheels, transferring energy to the road. But when it comes to ...

In the world of off-road performance products, the differential locker is near the top. A differential locker is mechanism that sits inside of or replaces the differential carrier. The job of a locker ...

As the How It Works series progresses, we edge closer and closer to a car's ultimate goal—which is, of course, to put power to the pavement. Lost month you learned about how a transmis-sion directs ...

An LSD is not just for burnouts. It's one of the most powerful tools in vehicle handling. A few years ago, I found myself in a familiar position as a car enthusiast: Shopping for an NA Miata. My ...

A key part of getting a car's power to the ground effectively is the differential, which uses gearing to regulate the split of power between wheels on an axle. This video shows exactly how it works.

Horsepower is useless if you can't get it to the pavement. As a result, traction control and differentials are fitted to your car to control how an engine's output is transferred to the road, helping ...

Let's start off by understanding how a simple "open" differential works. The sequence of power distribution to the wheels starts from the pinion gear, which sends torque from the driveshaft to ...