[s-cars] Of EDL and switches...

[J. Khang]

 --- t44tq at mindspring.com wrote:
> I might be totally wrong on this, but my
> understanding
> of VC center diffs is that the car is 100% FWD until
> slip
> occurs, then torque is distributed to the back.

No, that's not right. The VC is between the two axles
in parallel with an open diff so torque split is 50:50
but when there is a significant speed difference
between the axles, the VC progressively locks both
axles together as the fluid is heated up by shear.

Jonathan
'96 S6

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