Torsen Test Redux w/ 88 80q

[Brady Moffatt]

Of course, you could always pop in a Quaife diff in the front. You'd then
have the possibility of 4 wheels driven. Then you wouldn't be able to do
those cool,  small diameter donuts!

Brady

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Deis" <rdeis at io.com>

| On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Brady Moffatt wrote:
|
| > The Bimmer must have a limited slip diff in the front.
| >
| > All the quattros that I know of have open front diffs. With everything
| > locked, that guarantees only 3 wheel drive.
|
| In other words, if a single front wheel is all that has traction, you can
| get stuck.
|
| If a single rear wheel, or *any* combination of two wheels has traction,
| you're fine.  Like most such demos, it was designed to exploit a weakness
| in the competitor.
|
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