Misquoting the spiderman (and his cohorts)

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

In message <199804241347.JAA08872@camel7.mindspring.com> audidudi@mindspring.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin) writes:

> Consider: The Ur-Q's suspension design was finalized sometime in 1979/1980
> and its rear suspension was twice revised slightly during the life of the
> car; the front suspension remained geometrically the same throughout the
> production run.  The suspension design is relatively unsophisticated --
> sorry, but it's true -- and I've got to believe that it was never designed
> with an eye toward installing a Torsen center diff in the future.

Throughly reasonable assumptions, I think.

> All of that said, I was bitten again last night on the way home from work:
> 2nd gear right-hand turn, approx. 40mph and Yes, I was driving much faster
> than I should have been on the street.  As it was, I ended up going over the
> outside curb -- good thing they're FIA-spec! -- in order to keep the car
> from spinning ... there is definitely *something* going on here, folks!
>
> I'll try again this weekend to reach the author of the Torsen white-paper
> and find out what his thoughts are on the matter...

Well, I'll keep throwing the thing into bends ...

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