Toyota jumping on the Torsen bandwagon....

Todd Young auditodd at attbi.com
Tue Apr 15 17:11:57 EDT 2003


TracTech has it's own LSD diff that uses "Helical" gear sets also:
www.tractech.com/Products.htm

It's called the Detroit Truetrac


Pantelis Giamarellos wrote:
> Actually Quaife (which is similar in function and design as the TorSen) has
> been offering a center diff  for the Defender, Discovery and early first
> generation RaRos for a number of years now.
>
> A really worthy option for someone who had to replace the gears inside his
> LT230 center diff.
>
> Take care
> Pantelis
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Eaton" <deaton at tranzrail.co.nz>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 11:23 PM
> Subject: RE: Toyota jumping on the Torsen bandwagon....
>
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>>ditto the new range rover, as a centre differential...
>>
>>dave
>>'01 s8
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:27:41 -0500
>>From: Todd Young <auditodd at attbi.com>
>>Subject: Toyota jumping on the Torsen bandwagon....
>>
>>Excerpt from article on Canadian Driver web site:
>>"Six-cylinder models come with a part-time four-wheel drive system while
>>V8's get a more sophisticated full-time system complete with two-speed
>>transfer case. The Torsion center differential apportions power 40%/60%
>>front/rear under normal circumstances changing that delivery is slippage
>>is detected. It can be locked by a switch on the instrument panel for
>>maximum traction."
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