Re: Audi Kool-Aid, Pt. II (long)

[Michael Williams <daserde@ucla.edu>]

Josh Pinkert decided to speak these words:

>VCs are slower to react and not as abrupt as a torsen.  This might make
>them better suited to re-distributing power at 10/10.  Hmm...I wonder why
>Audi stayed with the torsen on the new S4 (although they did alter the bias
>from 50/50).


i was under the impression tha the torsen not only reacted 
instantaneously due to its purely mechanical nature, but that it was a 
smoother and more linear power transfer as well.  I thought that the 
viscous systems were prone to a lag and then an exponential power 
transfer...is this correct or is Josh Correct.

Also, i thought that the new S4 had some clutch pack kind of thing, 
similar to the 964 system, which i think was designed by audi, and then 
picked up by Porsche...

Please help me get my facts straight...later all



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