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re: U/S Torsen

On Sun, 7 Jan 1996, Eliot Lim wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Jan 1996, Dave Eaton wrote:
> 
> >in my ur-quattro, i found that to avoid this situation when driving
> >fast, i'd always lock the diff.  as a result the car lost some feel
> >for the road, and understeered more etc. etc.
> 
> i always thought that locking the center diff led to oversteer.
> ???

Good point... Ive found that in an autoX (relatively slow...compared to 
road speeds) the locked center diff will tend to make the car push.. but 
at road speeds and fast cornering and on boost it will oversteer




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