Re: Torsen

[Dave Eaton <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>]

>>in the same situation with the manual locker, if you're not locked, you're
>>in trouble - if you are then you're running with only 50% of the torque. >
>
>With the manually locking diff in the locked position, you can have all 
>of the engine's torque at any one of the locked wheels if the others are 
>on ice.

yes, thats right.  what i meant by the 50% torque is that, in normal driving conditions this is what you've got.  there is no give and take.  makes the car a different handling proposition to a torsen model.

interesting the comments about the locked diff making the car less understeery. maybe my memory is faulty (i sold the ur-quattro 2 years ago).  certainly in low speed corners it was, but maybe you're right about the high speed corners being more prone to oversteer.  to be honest, after a bad experience (brown smelly stuff all over the cockpit), i rarely went high speed road driving with the diff open.

obviously driving the s2 with torsen, this is something i no longer have to worry about; so i can get away with cloth seats ;-)

cheers,
-dave

btw, i'd be interested in a detroit show report if anyone on the list is going.  ie what does the tts look like in the flesh?

i rarely  rarely did