[s-cars] quattro - no substitute

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

Most MT Subaru's have a torsen center???  I have always thought most of
them, sans maybe the STi, used a viscous coupling.  Here is a sentence from
another source:

The 5-speed manual transmission’s all-wheel drive is referred to as a
continuous all-wheel drive system. It uses a center differential located
inside the transmission case that is controlled by a viscous coupling device

Another link:

http://www.ertlecars.com/subaru/allwheeldrive.php

And another:
http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/traction/tech_traction_4wd_2.htm

It seems like the new Spec B's have a torsen rear differential, but they are
still viscous in the center.

--Calvin

  -----Original Message-----
  From: LL - NY [mailto:larrycleung at gmail.com]
  Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 7:50 AM
  To: calvinlc at earthlink.net
  Cc: s.richter at comcast.net; S-CAR-List at audifans.com
  Subject: Re: [s-cars] quattro - no substitute


  Most MT Subaru's have Torsen centers. Auto box has some electronic
  clutch pack centers, which have improved over the years, but it still
  tends towards freewheeling the rears to "improve" fuel economy.

  LL - NY


  On 2/15/07, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net > wrote:
    Yeah, except the Pilot's AWD sucks as well (Borg Warner Clutchpak
System).
    I can't find it at the moment but somewhere I read a very hilarious
article
    about a guy in a Pathfinder having to pull his sister out near Lake
Tahoe in
    her Pilot.  Of course the Pathfinder is one of the only vehicles other
than
    Audi to have a Torsen diff.
    --Calvin


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    Subject: [s-cars] quattro - no substitute


    You guys are right about that.  After 11 years of pestering the wife and
    trying to convince her that the 911 is really a practical everyday
driver, I
    of course had to get to work at 6 am when there were in 6 inches of snow
on
    the ground.  Never mind the fact that I busted the budget and have to
wait
    until next year for snow tires.  Took me 5 minutes just to get out of
the
    driveway.  Fishtailed it 6 miles before I remembered to take the long
way to
    avoid a hill.  Had to make 3 attempts and get a head start, blew through
a
    red light and finally made it up the hill.  Parked the car and called
the
    wife to tell her that I made it.  She said - You should have taken my
car
    (Honda Pilot).  What, and never hear the end of it?  Naahhhhh.  The 911
did
    just fine, just no match for the S6 with snows.

    Stefan
    95 S6 Sedan - sold 3 years ago
    95 S6 Avant - sold 3 months ago
    00 996 (mit neuem Motor)
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