The S4 twin turbo is Slow

[Dave Eaton]

actually, he is right.  front with no traction, a haldex clutch, and the
rear will get 100%.  and if he disconnects the front, he will get 100% to
the rear (it's just that you can't disconnect the front)...torque will be
continually distributed front to rear 0:100% as required.

as for the original presupposition: that the $41k s4 is slow down a drag
strip.  the way i see it, its easy:  you spend *your* $41k on an s4, give it
to me, and i'll get it to perform...

strange, but it seems to be wwaaayyy easier to sidestep someone else's
clutch from 6,500 than your own ;-)

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q

-----Original Message-----
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 12:56:10 +0200
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no>
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: The S4 twin turbo is Slow

RndLiteBMW at aol.com wrote:

> This sounds like a debate for Audiworld... :)  The AWD system in Skylines
is
> extremely sophisticated, and can distribute something like 95% of the
torque
> to the rear wheels if necessary.

One guy on the VWVortex forums claimed that his TTq could do this too. He
didnt
understand that the front axle had to receive at least 50% power at any
time,
nooo, the rear axle could get all 100% of'em. So I said to him, can your car
disconnect the front axle from the tranny but still transfer power to the
rear
axle? He didnt want to answer that.