Hair's breadth from pulling the trigger on the Stasis diff mod - engineer types please comment.....
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In principle, it's in the right direction, but ...
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at 9.9/10ths on the track, are you losing traction from near or actual wheel lift?
As you can see in the photo, I've almost got the inside rear tire off the ground, but even this doesn't cause a problem. The only thing this shows me is that a suspension upgrade should be stiffer rear springs, and not a stiffer rear bar. The latter would undoubtedly result in getting the tire completely off the ground, where even a 4:1 bias wouldn't help.
If you do have a traction problem, go for it. Otherwise, I'd pass.
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at 9.9/10ths on the track, are you losing traction from near or actual wheel lift?
As you can see in the photo, I've almost got the inside rear tire off the ground, but even this doesn't cause a problem. The only thing this shows me is that a suspension upgrade should be stiffer rear springs, and not a stiffer rear bar. The latter would undoubtedly result in getting the tire completely off the ground, where even a 4:1 bias wouldn't help.
If you do have a traction problem, go for it. Otherwise, I'd pass.
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Wouldn't the fact that you're not losing traction in the rear, despite having only one wheel...
on the ground ENFORCE the fact that you can afford to get more power back there?
Putting more power in the rear allows the fronts to do more steering.
Putting more power in the rear allows the fronts to do more steering.
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Here is an interesting discussion on the Torsen. Says it is 75/25 but do to frictional losses closer
to 71/29 .. I have no idea if this guy just talks a good game but he reads pretty knowledgeable to me.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/9080/msgs/13432.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/9080/msgs/13432.phtml</a</li></ul>
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