Re: 1985 Roehrl SanRemo S1

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

"Hans-Juergen Schneider" <hans@h-js.de> wrote:

>Just got my hands on a dutch Audi Sport News leaflet with an
>interview of Walter Roehrl and his success at the 85 SanRemo rally.
>This info and other magazines (Motor 12th Oct.1985)indicate the
>Roehrl used a torsen center diff with the possibility to lock it.
>Unfortunatley I can't translate it and hope Tom Nas can help out with
>the translation:
>"Met een schakelaar kunnen we de 100% sperwerking van het centraal
>differentieel opheften. In bochten op asfalt is het zonder beter,
>maar bij het aanremmen kun je weer beter de sperwerking erbij hebben"

Oh sh*t. Am I going to be implicated in this whole stupid Torsen debate? ;-)

Anyway:

"A switch allows us to cancel the 100% lockout of the diff. In ashalted
turns it's better without, but when you're braking it's better to have the
locked diff."

Tom

PS Please guys, drop it and get back to mature discussions about Audis in
movies. Please!

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 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
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