What about some of the high-tech japanese rockets? The Lancer Evo, Imprezza wrx sti and the like? Don't some of them use a computer controled clutch rather than a viscous coupling?
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Osborne, Brice D, GRWMK wrote: > I may be a little outdated here, but I thought that ALL AWD systems used > some variation of a viscous coupling (that's viskus) in the PTU or Transfer > Case. This is a fluid that when it gets hot- i.e. the wheels spin- it turns > into a solid and puts power to the rear wheels. Kind of a sophisticated > clutch. > > I think some manufacturers use some computers to aid in traction control, > but that is a different topic. I didn't think that anyone had developed a > COMPLETELY computer driven AWD system. > > Brice > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Reda [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 2:32 PM > To: A2-16V > Subject: All Wheel Drives > > > Which All Wheel Drive system is best and why... > -Tallon TSI > -Audi Quatro > -VW 4-Motion > -VW Syncro > > What is the power distribution like on each? > What makes each system unique? > > Mark Reda. > 89 Jetta GTX 16V > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
