Subject: Documentation 2

[Dave Eaton <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>]

strange, application of the handbrake in my cars results in a nicely tightened
line...

understanding the operation of the torsen, i'm sure you would disagree with the
quote "Because the front and the rear wheels are tied together through the
driveline, hauling up on the handbrake slowed all four wheels and caused
drift-snorting understeer"

so why post something that is obviously wrong?

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q
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>Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 12:04:45 EDT
>From: QSHIPQ <QSHIPQ@aol.com>
>
>We could go to the 325IX /rwd vs 90q/90fwd test at steamboat from Road and
>Track in May of 1988 for a historical perspective of spiders, NOT so good:
>
>"SNOW TEST"
>R&T May 1988 (premier of the Gen 2 audi awd, torsen center, 15mph electronic
>locker rear)
>"The 90 Quattro managed third place (1-fwd 90, 2-325IX) on our icy oval.
>Drivers observed that the Quattro understeered heavily here, and then abruptly
>oversteered.  Trying to use the handbrake to lock the rear wheels and thus
>tighten the cornering line was useless.  Because the front and the rear wheels
>are tied together throught the driveline, hauling up on the handbrake slowed
>all four wheels and caused drift-snorting understeer."
>
>The article also lists the 90 as equal or better to the 90q in snow braking,
>snow lane change, also faster around steamboat than either awd car.  
>
>The documentation is there, maybe not understood.  My assessment?  Such is the
>nature of physics.
>
>Scott Justusson
>