Next gen quattro

Ed Kellock ekellock at gmail.com
Thu Mar 10 21:46:24 EST 2005


The question I've been dying to ask and only waiting to see if someone
else would beat me to it, is... is it a bolt-in replacement for the
Torsen in my 5spd V8 or '89 200?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Eaton" <Dave.Eaton at clear.net.nz>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: Next gen quattro


> the "next generation" is based on a new torsen design which
integrates an
> epicyclic diff with the torsen.  it is called the "type c" or "t3".
the
> epicyclic diff handles the static torque split, and the torsen
handles the
> differentiation of torque.  what is special about this arrangement
is the
> size of it, the torsen engineers have done a good job to enable it
to fit
> into the available space in the transmissions.
>
> http://www.torsen.com/products/products.htm
>
> dave
> '01 s8
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:25:47 -0500
> From: "E. Roy Wendell IV" <erwendell at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: Next gen quattro
>
> Looking at the diagram I can't see any major difference between the
new
> torsen diff and the existing one. So how is the torque bias
achieved?
> Some manipulation of the angle of the teeth on the worm gears?
>
> The real question is whether there is any chance that this torsen is
> backwards compatible with earlier transmissions.
>
> Oh no!. Another torsen thread.
>
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