Carbon fibre driveshaft?

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <Pine.SOL.3.96.980126151242.23422A-100000@iris.nyit.edu> Sachelle Babbar writes:

> A qlister replied that there was about a turn of wind up in the race
> quattro's driveshaft (supposedly) and that it would frequently lift a
> wheel and return to normal. What was the reason for designing the
> driveshaft with so much wind up?

What the logic is, I know not.  I _do_ know that I couldn't see a centre 
differential on either Biela's or Bintcliffe's car when we went round the 
workshop, and I lay on my back under Biela's 1995 practice car for almost an 
hour without finding a centre differential.  The propshaft is _huge_, BTW, 
about 5" in diameter and very light - it weighs about six pounds.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club