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A welded diff can be stronger than an LSD, if you weld it properly. Minispools will definitely be stronger, however the driveline harshness around tight corners or dropping the clutch can break driveshafts instead, if your car has weak ones.

Handling definitely suffers. No idea whether V8 supercars run spools because their LSDs shit themselves or just for financial reasons (chuck a spool in and drive around it vs rebuild LSD every race meet).

Locked diffs oversteer on the throttle and understeer off the throttle. The danger in the former is obvious, the danger in the latter is if you overcook a corner and jump on the brakes you can find yourself heading straight for the armco. LSDs handle much, MUCH better.

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V8's do them not for financial reasons... when it colst millions to run a team, rebuilding an LSD every meet pales into comparison. they run them for reliability and because they do work.

it is possible to have a well handling car with a locked diff..... they dont all under steer on throttle and snap oversteer off throttle..

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welded diffs are a very dodge but cheap way of locking the diff, i wuldnt be puttin a mini spool into an i.r.s nissan anytime soon, not unless you wana do half shafts every week. either shim the std lsd or put a 1.5-2way etc in it. only 2 options imho.

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