the earth moved (again)

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

scott, i'm facing another saturday at work....

but, i just want to tell you that you've just made my day.  i'm still smiling

there's no doubt in my mind now dat "you da man"

lets see, physics, no: slip, no: cf, no: audi didn't rally it, no: some rally
drivers didn't rally it, no: i'm da man.....

:-)))))))))))

>Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 10:41:28 EDT
>From: QSHIPQ <QSHIPQ@aol.com>
>Subject: Ineresting
>
>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
>