Re: Misquoting the spiderman (and his cohorts)

[Michael Williams <daserde@ucla.edu>]

Phil Payne decided to speak these words:

>I'm not denying that this has been observed in a Type 44.  I just wish I
>_had_ a Type 44 available to try it on.  But if this condition exists,
>as you assert, then it is a product of the Type 44/Torsen combination in
>some way - it is NOT inherent in all Torsen implementations as a
>consequence of the design.


Is it possble that this whole thing is due to the difference in 
wheelbase?  The torsen is always trying to reach the ultimate traction, 
and it is kind of a limit, you know, those calculus limit things.  It is 
limited in its transfer speed by the internal inertia, and i assume the 
inertia of the rest of the driveline.  Perhaps the extra length of the 
driveshaft in the larger cars is enough to cause more delay so that the 
hunting is noticable to the point of throwing the whole car off balance.  

The torsen, by design, hunts, and is limited in the speed in which it 
hunts by the internal friction and inertia of its gears.

Am i even close to right?

later...


Michael Sheridan Williams

My new one: 1985 4000 S Quattro
175,000+ miles, and going like a new car
Well, went like a new car.....right into a guard rail :o(

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