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[Mark R]

Mark,
I hear ya.  I picked up an '87 4KCSQ for ice racing because of thi (and it's
light and cheap!)... but the truth is that the newer Quattros have more grip
(IMHO).
Maybe not as much tail-happy fun, but more overall grip.

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Mark J. Besso <mbspeed at maxboostracing.com>wrote:

> I beg to differ.  The "real" quattro's have individually lockable
> differentials for the center and rear.  They may seem primitive, but they
> sure whoop Torsen's.
>
> Not to mention, the Torsen-equipped cars have electronics that cut out the
> lock-up feature over a certain speed.  Just when they're starting to get
> fun, the lock-up is disabled.  Boo!
>
>
>
> Mark R wrote:
>
>   Especially if you have something like 19 inch summer tires.....! But the TT
> doesn't have 'real' quattro
> anyways, right? ;-)
>
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
>
>
> Dan hit the nail on the head!  I just got back from instructing at yet
> another winter driving school (NAAC) and good tires are of course the number
> one thing to have for the conditions.  But "real" Quattro (with a torsen
> center diff) is head and shoulders above anything else, ESPECIALLY Haldex
> based systems.
>
> Subaru and BMW get is mostly right, but there's something about real Quattro
> that is absoluitely tops.  And the control/fun of the Torsen systems go from
> understeer to subtle oversteer at just the right moment (when the fronts
> hook up)....  gotta love it!
>
> Mark Rosenkrantz (who would take Haldex over FWD or RWD, but any other AWD
> system over Haldex).
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