question about 4wd

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <3341CB24.381A@pluto.snoqualmie.wednet.edu> Rusty Rae writes:

> if you run the quattro's in 4wd like they tend to do for rally's and
> other autocross events doesn't this tend to wear down the gears in the
> transfer cases and differentals??? That is the fact with my truck??? can
> someone help me out with this??

You can't run _any_ Audi quattro in anything _but_ 4wd - or AWD (all wheel 
drive) as we habitually refer to it.
 
Not just rallies and autocross events - every single second a quattro is in 
motion, it's in AWD.  

Considering the application is just a car and not a truck, the quattro 
transmission is downright agricultural.  Crawl under one and take a look.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club