[s-cars] V8 rear diff swapped to replace the front diff in a 6 speed trans?

[Joe Pizzimenti]

There's a definite performance improvement over an open front diff...at
least on the Japanese toilets I drive.

Absolute night & day difference in front grip with a front Quaife
differential installed.

But then again, there's a VC in the center.

But then again, what do I know?

On Feb 4, 2008 11:52 PM, <QSHIPQ at aol.com> wrote:

>
> I was hoping I misunderstood.  Since that's a 78/22/78 torsen he's
> installing, I'd sure be interested to know what a "much better result" is.
>   If we take
> a look at all forms of Audisport racing, from Groupe B to touring  car,
> very
> little documentation would support the statement.  In Groupe B  audi used
> either locked front (with locked center and rear), open front (with
>  locked center
> and LSD rear), or 20% LSD front with locked center and locked  rear.
> Audisport gave the 20% locker choice to the driver, and very few
>  requested it.  In
> BTCC, VC were used on all three locations with  the same 20% locking
> front.
> More than that in lockup, the car became  unpredictable and understeer
> reared
> it's ugly head.  If you go over to  offroading, a torsen front is found
> quite
> often, almost always accompanied by  lockout hubs.  I drove a torsen front
> in a
> first gen 4R, and it was obvious  that the hubs were still locked.
>
> The mod can be done, I just question where one would find a performance
> benefit.
>
> TB
>
>
> In a message dated 2/4/2008 7:53:34 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com writes:
>
> 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).
>
>
>
>
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