Ineresting

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Peter writes:
>I had been having trouble all day with understeer on my S6 MTM modified =
>wagon.  Finally, one of the rally drivers who had driven torsen audi's =
>before volunteered to show me how to get around the course.  He =
>immediately performed the maneuver which is being discussed at length as =
>"spider bite" on the list.  He was able to control it quite nicely once =
>he got over the fact that this station wagon was well over 270 hp.
>By exploiting this 'bug' he turned in two of the fastest laps of the =
>day.
Hmmm...  Interesting.  Compared to a 270hp locker, wonder how fast he'd be.
Sure would like a ride with him in two cars comparably equipped, torsen and
non to let you make this argument.  My watch wasn't there, but it's been at
steamboat for some time.  Not the same result.  Can a torsen be driven hard,
you betcha, especially if you claim audi won any rallies with them.  Is it the
choice of the driver?   Not sure I'd make that jump.  Then again, me as an ex-
prorally dude, found the locker to be FTD.  Not in a school, in a competitive
event, including other PR drivers.

Hmmm....   Why would audis drivers want to take a torsen OUT of a car?  That's
documented all over the place.  Torsens in racing isn't.  Driving a torsen
quickly is not easy to do, your story confirms that.  Interesting that your
torsen rear and EDL ABS is included in the above equation.  

Scott Justusson