[s-cars] V8 Torsen Diffs

[Joe Pizzimenti]

The torsen works all the time, even above 25mph!

Get rid of the locker and go for a torsen.


On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:22:52 -0500, Mark Strangways
<Strangconst at rogers.com> wrote:
> Is  there no available parts (used) in NA for these. Why go overseas ?
> BTW, my post kinda read like I need to know why we where doing them, my bad.
> I know why we where doing them, just want to know what gets changed, the
> entire diff unit, or the guts inside.
> 
> How does the torsen compare to the locker I have in my 92 ?
> 
> Mark S
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Igor Kessel" <KBATPO at comcast.net>
> To: "Mark Strangways" <Strangconst at rogers.com>
> Cc: "s-cars" <s-car-list at audifans.com>; "Robert Rossato"
> <r0ssat0_987 at att.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] V8 Torsen Diffs
> 
> > Mark Strangways wrote:
> >> So what is the idea behind the torsen mod.
> >> Do we go out and find a V8, jack up the back and pull the diff.
> >> Or do we take the innards out for a transplant to the housing in the //S
> >> ?
> >>
> >> Mark (wishing I was in South Fn, Carolina) S
> >>
> >
> > Mark,
> > The idea is to stop sliding about in the snow "like $hit in the ice-hole"
> > (a Russian idiom) in the post 1995.5 cars equipped with the EDL joke.
> >
> > Yesterday I had a lot of fun in the snow. For the first time my 1997 would
> > go like a proverbial train on rails without wiggling its ass like a fish
> > in the creek after I mash the pedal to the floor in the 3rd gear in a
> > sweeping right-hander.
> >
> > Money well spent. My most sincere gratitude goes to Bob Pastore who not
> > only researched this wonderful solution for our cars, but who also
> > arranged a reasonably priced group buy of those differentials from
> > Germany.
> >
> > --
> > Igor Kessel
> > two turbo quattros
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