[s-cars] Off topic - New Volvo S60 ? - Drat and double DRAT!

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 First, a rear torsen from a v8 quattro is a bolt-in for the UrS cars, I did the first one of those almost 15 years ago to a 95.5 S6, and never really thought much of why you 'wouldn't' do it - and have put over a dozen in since.  Discussed here only a few years back, but many have btdt.  It works with the later EDL cars, since the Torsen is done with it's torque biasing efforts long before the wheel actually spins - kicking in EDL.

WRT replacement to the Haldex, I say no way that would be easy or even possible without Major deep-pocket surgery.  With no center diff, one would need to add one, which would mean different trans.  Then the rear Haldex would be useless, so a rear diff would need to be added as well.  Basically, a completely new driveline installed.  Hard to find room for that when it was never designed for it.  Anything is possible, but I doubt that would be cost effective for the project dollars spent.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Duff <iduff at comcast.net>
To: qshipq at aol.com
Cc: cody at 5000tq.com; mtgadbois at aol.com; pkrasusky at ups.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Thu, Jan 6, 2011 10:56 am
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Off topic - New Volvo S60 ? - Drat and double DRAT!


So, is it possible to replace the Haldex center gizmo (for lack of a better 

term) with some sort of other gizmo, in the same vein as it's possible to 

replace the rear open diff in n urS4/S6 with a V8 Torsen rear diff? For example, 

could one remove the Haldex stuff from the housing, and replace it with 

something more ...ahem... useful? And if so, what might be more useful? A Torsen 

center diff?



-Ian.