Limited slip will only work if one wheel is slipping, bang bang bang shifting from side to side, put in a Detroit locker if you want both wheels to drive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_slip_differential
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Limited slip will only work if one wheel is slipping, bang bang bang shifting from side to side, put in a Detroit locker if you want both wheels to drive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_slip_differential
For synthetic it's a tossup. For mixed running a 75w-90 works fine that a combination of running empty and occasional towing . For constant heavy towing I'd go with the 70w-110
I've been running the Amsoil severe gear 75w-90 in mine. I did notice on a recent really long trip while towing heavy out in the desert that the rear axle was warm when I stopped. Nowhere near as hot as it used to get even without a trailer on the dino oil that was in it when I got the thing, but it felt like I could go a tad heavier with the kind of weight I was pulling. I'm gong to put the 75w-110 in mine, but it's really a matter or overkill more than anything else
Either one is going to flow freely in your pumpkin below -50 deg f where dino gear oil has turned to molasses by the mid +teens and by around 0 it's not flowing much of anywhere
Dave7.3
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Thanks RLDSL, that is what I've been hearing from a few guys I work with too. Does Amsoil have their own friction modifier formula that meets Ford LS specs? I thought I read somewhere that Valvoline did...
With the synthetic you generally don't need the LS additive. Amsoil does have an additive that exceeds all standards to use with standard oil and for some rare cases where some folks still experience a chatter with the synthetic that they don't want to listen to , but I have yet to have to use the stuff with the synthetic. Even with my fresh rebuilt LS it doesn't chatter even on tight turns without the additive ( before I rebuilt teh thing I was running it on regular oil and even with worn out clutches it would make a racket without the additive)
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Thanks. That's what I'll go with. I try to switch to Amsoil products whenever I get the chance.
Tom
Tom
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I guess the next question is how much does it hold? I'm being lazy instead of researching.
Tom
Tom
I guess the next question is how much does it hold? I'm being lazy instead of researching.
Tom
The 10.25 rear if that's what you have , is 7.4 pints, I don't know what front axle you've got so I can't tell without knowing.
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D50
Tom
For the D50 its 3.9 pints with a footnote :"Fill to no more than 1/4 to 9/16 inch below fill plug hole"
