NAC: Miata Torsen

[Pantelis Giamarellos]

Patrick Hi,

as far as I know and rounding some edges a Quaife is a non factory fitted
TorSen.

Their way of operation is similar but if you buy aftermarket you get a
Quaife.
If your car comes equipped with a torque biasing diff of this design and way
of operation it is called a TorSen.

Most probably this generalization is wrong and too broad but that is how I
got it up to now.

By the way I have fitted a Quaife in the rear diff of my Land Rover
Discovery 200Tdi and I am very happy with it and its manners on and off the
road.

Take care
Pantelis

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Austin <paanta at yahoo.com>
To: quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk <quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk>;
msuryadarma at mail.wesleyan.edu <msuryadarma at mail.wesleyan.edu>;
quattro at audifans.com <quattro at audifans.com>
Date: Ôñßôç, 23 Éáíïõáñßïõ 2001 6:00 ìì
Subject: Re: NAC: Miata Torsen


>>> This simply means it can transfer power between the left and right rear
>>> wheels right? Because as far as I know, Miata is a RWD car.
>>
>>Yup.  The Miata rear axle is the other classic use for the Torsen.
>
>Isn't the Quaife differential is also a Torsen?
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