[A8] Torsen w/o prop shaft

[Cody Forbes]

Yeah I guess I am just too used to my REAL Quattro system where if I was so inclined I could remove 3 axles and as long as one rear is present drive home ;-). I've run my 'fast' 5ktq in rear wheel drive configuration for literally thousands of miles spread across ~3 instances and 7 years with no issues yet. But then that trans only has 250,000ish miles on it so it's still pretty young.

Anyways, yeah with the A8q I figured of it was a "no problem" thing I'd consider it, but if there was even a slight doubt I wouldn't try. This thing sucks to push!

-Cody (mobile)

On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:06 PM, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> Couple hundred feet?  Push it.
> 
> 20 miles?  Don't do it.  Running all the power out one end of a diff (while it is spinning ~10 times faster on the "no power" output) is really hard on it.
> 
> As I understand it, the TorSen will split torque 90/10, so it is "doable".  If this was a 93 Frod Ranger on its last legs, it might be fun to try.  But an A8Q?  Isn't that a pretty nice car?
> 
> On 7/27/2011 6:18 PM, Cody Forbes wrote:
>> I've got the prop shaft out of my A8q. How does a Torsen car behave without it? I'm planning to move the car a couple hundred feet into a different parking space, but was wondering about driving it ~20 miles home.
>> 
>> -Cody
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