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

[Michael Larosa Jr]

in my old v8's both auto's,  if you nail it in the snow,
the rears lock up, and the fronts alternate traction back
and forth.  You can feel and see the snow flying at one front
wheel then the other :)  I only had enough nads to see it go
back and forth a few times before i let off... usually at like
40-50mph....

Mike,



Ed Kellock wrote:
> That's what I was thinking too.  Mixed tires are never a good idea
> regardless of Quattro.  This became crystal clear to me one night
> while hanging upside down from my seatbelt in my Datsun 510.  What a
> way to prepare for finals...
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com>
> To: <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:11 AM
> Subject: RE: [V8] front diff( EDL or just plain open?0
> 
> 
> ... 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
> 
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