Originally Posted by
oledoc2u
guess I didn't read far enough into that thread. I didn't see that part of it.. I would agree with that statement, but there were other statements in there that make me wonder. It doesn't matter to me what they run in their cars. I came out of the old muscle car era. I am a stickler for what is proven. I have ran limited slip rears ends in just about every car I have owned that was a performance based car, and I hated the open diff. Damn near sold them both before Wavetrac came along. You need consistent lock up whether drag racing or cornering. Anything that can't deliver that is just ......period.
When I bought Wavetrac over the Quaiffe it was a coin flip. I am now very thankful I went with the Wavetrac.
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Quaiffe broken half-shaft. These forum posters seem to think the half-shaft broke and destroyed their Quaiffe. I am thinking it was the other way around... extreme driving caused a wheel to lift. The Quaiffe can't bias the torque. All the rotational energy is transferred to the spinning wheel. That energy tries to propel the car forward when the wheel hits the ground. It can't. The half-shaft to that wheel breaks. Then the Quaiffe fails catastrophically. It is cause and effect.
I think with the Wavetrac under the same condtions, instead of diverting all power to the spinning wheel, it locks. Rotational energy is divided between both wheels. The speed of the spinning wheel is near matching the vehicle speed when it touches down. There it is. No failure observed.
Quaffie groupies talk about how quiet theirs are compared to Wavetrac... none of that nasty thumping. Agreed. But, maybe, just maybe, that thump you hear is the Wavetrac saving your ***. Did you expect the Wavetrack could control that much torque trying to divert to the spinning wheel instantly and do it quietly? I choose instant and can live with the thumping sound.
Would I be off base if I described the Wavetrac as a torque-biasing differential with the ability to lock-up under zero-load conditions?
That's my theory. Any thoughts? Anyone?