[V8] front diff( EDL or just plain open?0

[Buchholz, Steven]

... no quattro has had anything but an open diff up front ... from the
factory anyway ... 

Your car does not have the sinister spider amidships ... rather it has a
computer controlled locking mechanism in an open diff ... and in back it
has a Torsen ... 

I don't have any significant seat time in an AT variant, but from what
I've read I would imagine that the conditions of the tires contributed
to the situation ... 

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)
... not arachnophobic ... even though I believe that I have tasted the
spider's bite ...
> 
> Just wondering if the reason the autmatic v8's have 
> hmmm..........unbalnced traction front to rear, is beacause 
> the front diff does not lock? Is it supossed to? I know ist 
> not a torsen setup.......and it doest lock via knob or button 
> in the car. So that leaves two possible answers....either its 
> EDL and not working right.....or its just an open diff?Allan