Re: No T*rsen content

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

Eaton Dave <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz> wrote:


>and ignores the extensive 'racecar engineering' article on the a4
>quattro which says that the torsen centre was an option.

>and we have phil telling us (from personal experience) that the a4's had
>no centre diffs at *all* at least in some cases...

I really don't want to get involved in this argument, but I've recently
acquired  a German 'Audi Direkt' brochure for the '89 IMSA GTO 90 quattro,
and the tech specs cite:

Mittendifferential: Torsen Sperrdifferential, wahlweise
Viscosesperrdifferential mit Momentenverteilung
Differential Vorne: Viscosesperrdifferential
Differential Hinten: Lamellensperrdifferential

Approximate translation:

Centre diff: choice of Torsen or visco locking diff (syncro, really?)
distributing torque
Front diff: visco locking diff
Rear diff: locking diff with blades (anyone know a better translation for
this device?)

I assume this is not all nonsense, must be some truth in it. Maybe there
were tracks suited to the Torsen setup, and some more suited to the visco
stuff.

Hey, it's not raining! I must get to work on my car then...

Tom

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 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
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 1987 Audi 90q 2.3E, Tizianrot metallic, 165,000km

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