Went to take off this morning and as I "gunned it" my car just sorta had the bark is bigger than it's bite feel. What I mean is that the rpms went sky high and the car barely moved, and what moving it was doing was pulling it to the left side of the road. So my guess is that something is messed up with the drivers side rear tire thats stopping it from being turned by the drive shaft when "gunning it." What part could need replaced, tightened, or whatever? Anyone help!!!!

 

Does your car have an LSD?

Mike

 

It's an 86 NA 2 seater so if that doesn's answer your question then how would I go about finding out if it's a LSD or a non LSD?

 

I'm not 100% sure but i think that N/A didn't have a limited slip in 86. This means that when one tire breaks lose all of the power is routed to the spining tire, resulting in one wheel burnouts....if you do have a limited the yaw is induced by somthing called the P-affect, a complex physical reaction that is harder to understand than it is to just accept. The P-Affect is responsable for torque stear in FWD cars.

Mike

 

Ok now I just lose power all together. I can't gun it at all. I go to take off really fast and it just sorta acts like I'm towing something. I'm going to be doing some repairs pretty soon but I got to know what needs repaired!

 

Probably broke something in the differential.

Either that or your halfshaft or something in between the diff and the tire.

put the rear of the car in the air. grab one wheel and spin it. then grab the other wheel and spin it. watch the otherside, driveshaft, and halfshaft to see what spins and what direction.