Re: Spider Bite

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

In message <3291a6ad.2516e6c6@aol.com> QSHIPQ@aol.com writes:

> Oh contrair piere, er, Eric.  Up to today, he ALWAYS denied that it happened.

I don't believe so, and I don't believe I've changed my tune at all.

If anything - quite the contrary.  What I felt in the Type 44 is
something utterly new to me, and it superficially resembles your
description of spider bite.  Now I know that there is something there, I
shall attempt to explore it in future sessions.

I've never had this experience in a Type 85, and as several listers will
confirm four-wheel drifts and controlled understeer are a regular
feature of my day-to-day driving.  I've done over 110,000 miles in the
car, and never felt anything like this.

So I'm still strongly at variance with your contention that this
behaviour is inevitable with a Torsen centre differential.  Maybe the
Torsen contributes to it or even causes it on the Type 44, but I've
never felt such behaviour from a Type 85 - not even remotely.

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 Phil Payne
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