Will Mandatory dyno testing kill quattro and 4wd?

[Doug Johnson]

*ROFL*
It's a test of drivetrain resistance, from the disengaged clutch to the
tires.
They haven't figured out yet if it's more meaningful with diffs locked or
unlocked....

 ~ Doug


> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of cobram at juno.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:48 PM
> To: egav at wireless2000.com
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Will Mandatory dyno testing kill quattro and 4wd?
>
>
> Efraim Gavrilovich <egav at wireless2000.com> writes:
>
> > I live in Vancouver, Canada and I have to take my Q-car every year
> > through a mandatory emission test. There are two dyno's there, one
> > for regular cars and one designated for 4WD vehicles. Test is done in
> > Neutral at 60mph with front and rear wheels being spinned by test
> > machine. By the way, my 15 years old 5KTQ passed with a huge margin
> > last time I went through this test. This is with original muffler.
>
> Neutral? Dyno spinning the tires?  That makes no sense.
>
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
>
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