Re: Physics is....

["Eric Renneisen" <renneie@hlthsrc.com>]

Orin wrote:
>Given this, I think we can remove any quantitative treatment of
>speed differential and say if there is any speed differential,
>max torque is going to the slower turning shaft.

The torsen is not a binary switch. The amount of torque shift 
depends upon how much the two driveshafts resist turning, and 
the difference between the two. I believe that a consequence of 
shifting torque is that the driveshaft with less traction is forced 
to spin faster than the other. Scott says that it works the other 
way -- that the torsen "reads" the driveshaft speeds to determine 
torque split.

>This would be what those weasel paragraphs at the end of the 
>paper would be refering to.  (I read the cornering paragraphs as
>'It ain't so great when cornering'.)

It doesn't sound too bad to me. Of course, I'm biased.

Eric Renneisen
'90 CQ 20V  -  my 'racing-iron'  ;^)
Chattanooga, TN