Re: squeaking tires

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

anna hebrowska writes:
>Is it true that  quattro prevents tires from squeaking? Many times I saw
>people
>taking off with lots of noise right after the light changed to green,
>however,
>I would go even faster and never make a sound.

Yes.  When accelerating hard from a stop, squeaaling tires indicate that
the power is overwhelming available traction at the drive wheel(s).  With
quattro, the power is distributed to all your wheels so each wheel would
"see" less drive power, so instead of smoking tires, you get forward motion.

>Recently, I thought I heard my car's tires give out a squeakish sound while
>making a rather sharp turn. Does it have anything to do with the condition
>of tires?

If your quattro has manual differential locks, locking it would certain
cause this (because locking the differential forces the wheels to spin at
the same speed, but when turning, the wheels on the outside of the curve
would have to spin faster)/  With Torsen center differentials, this effect
can also be observed in really sharp turns.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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