[s-cars] V8 rear diff swapped to replace the front diff in a 6 speed trans?
chris chambers
fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 4 17:52:41 PST 2008
I don't think you understand me correctly.
He's putting the rear diff out of a V8 into the front diff
position in the 6 speed transmissions (edu/dsy).
--- QSHIPQ at aol.com wrote:
>
> The late style 6 speeds use the 60/40/60 F/R split torsen ("center"
> not
> "front"), and the v8 rear uses the 78/22/78 L/R Torsen found in the
> earlier 5
> speed cars (01E trans to this list, but all 5 speed torsens really).
> Not sure
> the definition of a "much better result", but certainly a wider
> Torque Bias
> Ratio would be available, just like what the urS cars have from the
> factory.
> Not sure what his supply of v8 rears is, but he could increase the
> TBR on the
> EDU torsen if he really wanted. Stassis advertises 7:1 TBR if you
> want to go
> that far.
>
> S "torsen boy" J
> In a message dated 2/3/2008 2:00:56 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com writes:
>
> I've had a couple interesting emails with a gent who tells
> me he is swapping in the V8 Rear diff into the 6 speed (EDU)
> tansmissions, says it provides a much better result.
>
> Anybody know anything about this?
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