Torsen Differential and towing

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Shaun,

When referring to towing, the problem appears when the Torsen car is the TOWED vehicle, not the TOWING vehicle.  Problems similar to any 4wd vehicle being towed.

But,  in many case, a supercharged car (I don’t talk about trucks here) is not supposed to tow anything really heavy, since the turbo will spool constantly to keep the power output high enough. You can imagine the heat produced then.

At least, that’s what GM recommends for their 3800 compressed and turbocharged engines; no towing at all.

Louis-Alain
Pre-Torsen urQ



From: Shaun Folkerts <fiatlancia at earthlink.net>
To: james accordino <ssgacc at yahoo.com>
Cc: George Harris <harchris at smokesignal.net>,
            audi list <quattro at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: Torsen Differential and towing

To offer a second BTDT, I've towed -many- cars -many- thousands of miles
(several cross-country trips towing a car and/or car trailer) with my
Torsen-equipped 1989 200 quattro avant. When not towing cars or hauling
(engines, transmissions, etc.) the car is driven fairly hard. Bought
with 125k, currently at 184k and going strong...except for those damned
electrical gremlins!
Again, just another BTDT.
Shaun
Audi x2