Re: Understanding

[Eric Renneisen <renneie@hlthsrc.com>]

QSHIPQ writes:
>What also might work, IMO, is a fwd EDL on the rear of the 
>torsen equipped car.  On full throttle the rear axle would be 
>slowed by EDL to never exceeed the front axle speed.  No 
>torque transfer thru the turn.

Hmmm... Methinks that statement interjects some irony in light of 
the subject line chosen.

FWD EDL acts on one front wheel in relation to the other. Put 
that system in the rear of the Q, and you say it acts on the rear 
axle in relation to the front? What you are describing is a _center_ 
EDL. If it's a rear EDL you're lookin' for, look no further than the 
very A8 you say exhibits the same bite potential as your 44.

We've been down this EDL road before, with no real resolution. 
While I can see how it would be advantageous for EDL to act as 3 
separate front, center, and rear diff locks (is this the next gen of 
quattro?) I think it's currently just front and rear. However, if the 
system is sophisticated enough to act on the front axle in relation 
to the rear (you previously stated that you think it is), the torsen, 
itself, becomes redundant. 

Why would Audi keep that hunk of metal in there if they've already 
got the software (=zero weight) in place to do the job, especially 
if they know about the infamous limits of the torsen in their design?

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