clutch-type centre diff. attesa-ets is electronically controlled whereas the attesa system is hydraulically controlled. I'd say the gauge is electronic anyway.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:40 PM Subject: Re: What's a torque guage? > Yeah that is right. > Look at the autospeed article by Julian Edgar. > > www.autospeed.com.au > > He made an amplifier to trick the G-Force sensor in his R32-GTR. > He could adjust the 4wd from full 50-50 4wd for driving in the wet to stock 100-0 2wd. > He was quite critical of the handling and traction of the R32 in suburban driving. > The modification sounded like it made a great difference. > Look at the cool pics. > There has got to be some progressively locking diff-lock type arrangement in the centre diff. > The torque guage probably uses the fluid pressure in the locking solenoid to give you the reading > > Nick > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: What's a torque guage? > > Date: 12/03/2002 15:40:02 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I'll tell you what it does, not what it probably does. > > It is the gauge to show how much torque is being transmitted to the front > > wheels by the ATTESA (4wd control) system. > > As you probably know the GT-R is RWD until it detects slip in the rear wheels, > > at which point it transfers torque to the front wheels (to counter the slip in > > the rear wheels). The gauge shows how much torque is being transmitted to the > > front wheels. > > > > zac > > > > > > > That probably measures the same thing which triggers the 2WD->4WD switch. > > > It will probably show what setting will trigger the Centre Diff to lock. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: James Cox [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: 12/03/2002 11:21 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: What's a torque guage? > > > > > > > > Hey I was just surfing around and came across a picture of a R33 GTS-R > > > > skyline and saw that the factory guages consisted of a 'Tourque Guage' > > > > what > > > > on earth does that measure? and how? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > James Cox > > > > > > > > > > > This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
