ORIGINAL: AresROC
Sticky! Great stuff, the rest of us had to learn it the hard way!
Can someone elaborate on the differentials? Particularly the effects of locking either the front or the rear. I suppose it would be preferred generally to leave the fronts open for tighter turns, and lock or tighten the rear for better traction. What da-ya-say?
Locking the rear diff is a must for drifting, it ensure that both tires will spin at the same rate whether it has the full load of the car or not. With an open diff, it will transfer more power to the wheel with less load. So say your drifting around a left turn, the rear right tire will lose a lot of speed because it becomes harder to spin, causing the differential to transfer more power to the left one. As for the front, Locking it helps with turning. (You don't necessarily need to lock either the front or the back, just tightening them will do the job. But locking is better, only problem is if you want to use it for racing or rallying or something else, you will need to unlock it which is a lot of work.) Hope I'm right and I hope this helps!