Blackie Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Last year both the Supra's were pathetic in the snow, We couldent even get out of our little slope on the car park (But i drove the waitresses Ford Ka out without problem:blink:) Am i right in thinking with an LSD the Supra will just chugg on through it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey. Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Lol, I wouldn't even consider it up your road, LSD or not. Your crazy.:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil-NA Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 won't make a difference if its a TorSen.Others like TRD may do though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Mine was pish in the snow 2x winters back - TRD LSD but I did also have a hi stall that didn't particularly help matters. Best advice is go for some snow tyres, a set of Bridgestone Blizzak's or similar would make the Supra drive just fine in the snow: http://www.bridgestone.com/products/passenger_tires/blizzak/index.html A Supra I imported had a set of those on, was from the snowy region of Japan. The speed rating on them was like 112mph so they failed the SVA test as being incorrect for the car - I just thought the JDM owner was on something and had fitted the wrong tyres, not realising they served a purpose. Had to replace them with a set of regular tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 With my lsd I just found both rear wheels spinning and the back sliding into the kerb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Lol, I wouldn't even consider it up your road, LSD or not. Your crazy.:-) Last year we dug ourselfs out all the way up to the road, This year i have been stock pileing grit Cheers for the answers chaps, Dont think i will be risking it though, Just a thought i had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Get a 3rd car mate, thats what we are in the process of doing, Supra will be a weekend/summer toy, with the way fuel prices are going and the recent snowy/icey winters it's the only option Proberbly end up with a Ford Ka funnily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L18msy Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 With my lsd I just found both rear wheels spinning and the back sliding into the kerb. +1, car was parked up for three weeks due to the snow. Ended up using the wifes Audi and the neighbours Peugeot while he was working away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Get a 3rd car mate, thats what we are in the process of doing, Supra will be a weekend/summer toy, with the way fuel prices are going and the recent snowy/icey winters it's the only option Proberbly end up with a Ford Ka funnily i have a Hilux surf lined up cheap but got to pay for the convertion first sadly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 LSD is so good on my Supra I went out and bought an L200 for the winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 When I had my TT Auto with the Torsen diff I went out in the snow many times. Not by choice for most of those but, I gotta be honest, I never had any issues. Maybe your snow is that soft, southern sh*te. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Maybe your snow is that soft, southern sh*te. Maybe, sometimes I even had to wedge some passing minorities under the rear wheels just to get traction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Maybe your snow is that soft, southern sh*te. ...or the driver is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 In the N/A I have a fancy 1.5 way diff, which properly locks together, which causes down hill in snow to be errrrrr interesting, as the back wheels seem to lock together and the back end slides out, however, after 5 mins, I realised if I gave a slight amount of throttle things got fun, by the end of the night I was drifting my way back home as no other cars seemed to dare be out on the un gritted roads at 2am, it was like one massive private track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Tyre tread pattern, tyre width and tyre profile make far more difference. If you had a set of 7 inch rims with proper winter pattern tyres on of very modest size the things would be different animals. Give me a 50's or 60's car on snow any day. Citroen 2CV on snow tyres = snow nirvana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Tyre tread pattern, tyre width and tyre profile make far more difference. If you had a set of 7 inch rims with proper winter pattern tyres on of very modest size the things would be different animals. Give me a 50's or 60's car on snow any day. Citroen 2CV on snow tyres = snow nirvana. As above but can't say i'd swap my Landcruiser for a 2CV though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Every time I pulled into a fuel station I'd be seriously considering it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Every time I pulled into a fuel station I'd be seriously considering it You have a valid point Chris, it was £105 to fill it last time and thats gone in 500 miles but i convince myself thats good because my 4.2 TDi Landcruiser was way worse on fuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I managed early last year on summer tyres (in an Auto TT with Torsen) but I did resign myself to taking a few days off work as it was rather dangerous. I decided to try winter tyres at the end of last year and switched to Nokian WR G2's (235/45 all round) - much more confidence on the snow and no problem at all with the large hills we have around here, you just have to be aware of everyone else running summer tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanisLupus Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I have Winter Tyres(Hankook W300 235/40 18) on mine and to be honest i've had no Problem with getting stuck, sliding around, oversteering or other bad things whereas the Summer ones are at least to say HORRIBLE in snowy conditions. Didn't even manage to get out of the Garage with them on... Also did about 400miles one way in the winter chaos before Christmas and all went very smooth and nice. So my advice would be to try a set of Winter tires and try the Supra again in the snow it is a big difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 We got ouselve a deisel range rover manual 1998 for 2 grand supra will be sat up for 3 months of the year over the winter now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandan Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 225/50/17 and 245/45/17 winter tyres on mine worked very well on solid snow and ice and even better on softer snow. I was without my run around for a couple of weeks during our last cold spell so i had to use the supe and I'm very happy i had the winter tyres as they transformed the car compared to my Eagle F1's and Rossos. I do remember a post by Thorin a little while back where he said that his Falken 452s were excellent on snow and ice so maybe they'd be a better compromise than true winter tyres. It might be worth a pm to him to ask how bad the conditions were when he was using them - i certainly couldn't make any progress with my normal tyres! Personally I'd go with a true winter tyre where the compound is specifically engineered for grip at very low temperatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I drive in the snow and ice every year, with Falken 452's in 275's... they cope perfectly fine, no worse than any rear wheel drive car, you just have to be careful and considered in your driving, and plan ahead so you can keep momentum up. That said, we don't have any big hills around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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