Torsens in racing

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

In message <f89fb614.34f6d5df@aol.com> QSHIPQ writes:

> and I stand corrected, sure isn't the torsen spider we all know lurks in our
> q's nest.  ...

You do not speak for me in your 'we all know'.  I've never seen any evidence of 
a 'spider',  and I think if there were one it would have attracted public and 
critical comment by now.

> The torsen center was used in the early S1
> cars, a plethora in the later ones, yet the homog. (exact street car versions)
> all came with Gen I lockers.  Marketing?  Triumph or flop?

Martin at BR Motorsport, who _BUILT_ the S1 currently at Historic Motorsport, 
says it was never fitted with a TORSEN - they weren't available at the time.  

> f/r)?  That might prove to be an enlightening discussion.  Hey Phil, any data
> on tire sizes for those BTCC cars?

No.  Only the comment by the race engineers that they often had to push the 
fenders back a little because the tyres were too large.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club