Not a bite to be had

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

In message <b4f8a24a.34f9da7f@aol.com> QSHIPQ writes:

> You're a good driver.

I might dispute that, since I have been driven by _really_ good drivers.  But I 
do know the car ...

> You have not gotten bit, because you have not set up
> the cf /and or slip angle quite right.  Unfortunately, per your own posts many
> have.

What have I posted that has led you to believe this?  The only TORSEN driver 
who has recently come to grief is Paul Beaurain.  Paul is the local sales 
executive for Pro-Align equipment - he had his own personal (non-standard) 
alignment dialed in, was on polyurethane bushings, and got two wheels on wet 
grass when he took his foot off the loud pedal.  There's enough variables there 
to absolve a differential.  I don't know of another TORSEN ur-quattro losing it 
bigtime.

> Please, read the torsen paper Jeff posted.  You can come to the same
> conclusion as above.  Simple physics.  We can speculate all day long on what
> was in the Race cars, but few would think to use the street car version in
> racing, when you do the math.

I have read it.  It's full of static considerations - nothing about the likely 
process times within the device. 

-- 
 Phil Payne
 UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club