Old Jan 23, 2008 | 09:34 AM
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Default Re: Rear Differential...with all the recent talk

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........

If anyone can make sense out of the post before me please fill me in.

Let's see if we can dumb the explanation down even further.
Yes I do mean to be as condescending as that sounds.


The t/c has no effect on whether or not power is delivered to( sorry even more dumbed down- if both wheels are driving the car) both wheels.

T/c affects wheel spin or more specifically the "not spin" of a wheel. If the wheel was not receiving power it wouldn't spin.

The yaw controller attempts to keep the attitude of the vehicle in line/straight relevant to the position of the steering wheel and takes in to account lateral g-force(it is more complicated than that but I am trying to keep this simple). Yaw control does not affect if power is given to both wheels. It may however interrupt power overall or apply brakes in an effort to keep the vehicle "straight"

So you might ask, what allows power to be applied to 1 wheel, switch between both wheels, or both wheels simultaneously????????

THE REAR END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Open differentials do not apply power to both wheels!!!!!!!!!!!!!

End of story!!!


Whether electronic or otherwise it is an LSD.


Leadfoot
 

Last edited by LEADFOOT; Jan 23, 2008 at 09:37 AM.
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