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

[Michael Larosa Jr]

I was punching it from like 5mph in 6" of new snow up here
in NH.  Fun, fun, fun :)

It's like driving a rear wheel drive with a locked rear end
and one front wheel with grip to keep you from going around
when you nail it sideways :)  of course I had new all weather
tires on it...

never ran snows,

Know my f250 with the locking hubs and LSD rear, THAT's a snow
machine!

The GS430 with blizzaks all around is okay, but I have not driven
it without the wife in the car,  she starts screaming even she even
thinks I'm gonna slide...:)  hhhmmm of course she HAS been with my
in the V8 going nuts in a parking lot so she knows what i'm capable
of,  yup on counter,  she is probably correct to be screaming :)

Mike,




Ed Kellock wrote:
> Cool.  It's supposed to snow tomorrow.  Maybe I'll go play.  ;-)
> Seriously though, it would be nice to get a feel for that.  I'll
> probably have to put the summer tires back on though because based on
> my preliminary snow drives, I won't be able to spin enough to see it
> with the snow tires on.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Larosa Jr" <Mc.Larosa at Sun.COM>
> To: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com>; <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [V8] front diff( EDL or just plain open?0
> 
> 
> 
>>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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