[V8] Locking torsens?

[Kneale Brownson]

I've always thought 4K and 5K quatts have variable power distribution front 
and rear until you lock the central diff.  That's when you get the 50-50 
distribution.


At 04:40 PM 12/13/2000 +0100, Aleksander Mierzwa wrote:

>At 08:35 00-12-13 -0500, Theron J. Bliss wrote:
>
> >Ya, my V8 I noticed doesn't.  So does this mean that the locking of it
>makes the rear
> >possi?  Also, what is the split of power to the front versus rear wheels?
>I notice
> >when I blow donuts in my V8 (in snow), that the rear flips around pretty
>good, but it's
> >definitely more of a slide then a rear wheel drive car does.  I seems to
>put the car in
> >more of a 4-wheel slide until the momentum of the rear over takes the front.
>
>Your V8 is equipped with a unique version of the Quattro system: the rear
>differential is a Torsen (that's why you don't have a diff lock switch) and
>the center diff is a planetary unit with hydraulic locking device,
>integrated into the automatic transmission and operated by the ECU using
>signals from ABS sensor. Unless you have the manual transmission model, in
>which case both diffs are Torsens. The torque split on all quattros
>regardless of year and model is 50:50.
>
>--
>Aleksander Mierzwa
>Warsaw, Poland
>87 5KT
>
>