Torvec Iso-Torque diff
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Torvec Iso-Torque diff
Has anyone seen this? I swear I tried searching a couple times and found nothing. Wasn't sure how cool/not cool of an idea this was but it seemed to make sense?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bHbNX3fGaRw
http://www.torvec.com/products_isotorque.html
Judging by the videos and proof, it seems pretty sweet!!
(On a small side note, if anyone knows the name of the song on the videos on Torvec.com, i'd love if you'd post it)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bHbNX3fGaRw
http://www.torvec.com/products_isotorque.html
Judging by the videos and proof, it seems pretty sweet!!
(On a small side note, if anyone knows the name of the song on the videos on Torvec.com, i'd love if you'd post it)
Originally Posted by Z1 Performance
because it's not out yet
Also, when is it released and is there any price range info?
what do I think of it? Honestly, I don't....it's an upgrade to a Torsen..ok, sounds fine and dandy, but all that's out there right now is marketing spiel from the manufacturer. I will reserve judgement till I actually try one. I see no point in your typical street car even upgrading the VLSD...it works just fine for what 99% of people use their car for.
Price? I have absolutely no idea what it will cost or what fitment parameters will be - best bet I think is to email the company, or just stay tuned to their website for updates as to when it's being released.
Price? I have absolutely no idea what it will cost or what fitment parameters will be - best bet I think is to email the company, or just stay tuned to their website for updates as to when it's being released.
I found there test to be not valid . It maybe a better LSD but the test were not done totally equal . Revs on the piece of wet plastic or what ever it was werent equal [ Yellow Z revs were much higher ] . The angle of going into the gravel turn werent the same . { black Z took a wider angle]
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I like the "note" in the one video...
"Notice: At 25 mph the Limited-Slip differential starts to put the car into an understeer condition (wants to go straight) To counter this the driver turns the steering wheel harder to the left. This puts the car into an oversteer condition (back-end comes around). At this point the car does not respond to any corrections - out of control."
Of course, I could comment on the grammar of the thing... which, normally, I wouldn't care about, but this is suppose to be a professional video, so they ought to have had someone check it over. The surprising part, though, is the part in bold. Surely you guys would agree, turning the wheel MORE when understeering results in MORE understeer. The true cause of the oversteer condition was the fact that his rear tire was on the pavement when it was understeering and when he went off of the gravel, he failed to correct for the drastic/sudden decrease in grip on the rear tires. From this analysis we could conclude that *regardless* of what differential he had, it would have still resulted in that spin. The differential will do a better job of using the available traction between both tires, however, if you lose grip because you fail to consider the conditions, theres nothing the differential can do.
"Notice: At 25 mph the Limited-Slip differential starts to put the car into an understeer condition (wants to go straight) To counter this the driver turns the steering wheel harder to the left. This puts the car into an oversteer condition (back-end comes around). At this point the car does not respond to any corrections - out of control."
Of course, I could comment on the grammar of the thing... which, normally, I wouldn't care about, but this is suppose to be a professional video, so they ought to have had someone check it over. The surprising part, though, is the part in bold. Surely you guys would agree, turning the wheel MORE when understeering results in MORE understeer. The true cause of the oversteer condition was the fact that his rear tire was on the pavement when it was understeering and when he went off of the gravel, he failed to correct for the drastic/sudden decrease in grip on the rear tires. From this analysis we could conclude that *regardless* of what differential he had, it would have still resulted in that spin. The differential will do a better job of using the available traction between both tires, however, if you lose grip because you fail to consider the conditions, theres nothing the differential can do.
The Quaife ATB is a proven and available torque biasing LSD--I like it and would recommend it--minimal maintenance and unobtrusive. It was a definite upgrade to the VLSD.
If u r modded, the stock vlsd will poop out and basically become an open diff around 50k--cannot be serviced-only replaced.
If u r modded, the stock vlsd will poop out and basically become an open diff around 50k--cannot be serviced-only replaced.
Originally Posted by Zshazz
I like the "note" in the one video...
"Notice: At 25 mph the Limited-Slip differential starts to put the car into an understeer condition (wants to go straight) To counter this the driver turns the steering wheel harder to the left. This puts the car into an oversteer condition (back-end comes around). At this point the car does not respond to any corrections - out of control."
Of course, I could comment on the grammar of the thing... which, normally, I wouldn't care about, but this is suppose to be a professional video, so they ought to have had someone check it over. The surprising part, though, is the part in bold. Surely you guys would agree, turning the wheel MORE when understeering results in MORE understeer. The true cause of the oversteer condition was the fact that his rear tire was on the pavement when it was understeering and when he went off of the gravel, he failed to correct for the drastic/sudden decrease in grip on the rear tires. From this analysis we could conclude that *regardless* of what differential he had, it would have still resulted in that spin. The differential will do a better job of using the available traction between both tires, however, if you lose grip because you fail to consider the conditions, theres nothing the differential can do.
"Notice: At 25 mph the Limited-Slip differential starts to put the car into an understeer condition (wants to go straight) To counter this the driver turns the steering wheel harder to the left. This puts the car into an oversteer condition (back-end comes around). At this point the car does not respond to any corrections - out of control."
Of course, I could comment on the grammar of the thing... which, normally, I wouldn't care about, but this is suppose to be a professional video, so they ought to have had someone check it over. The surprising part, though, is the part in bold. Surely you guys would agree, turning the wheel MORE when understeering results in MORE understeer. The true cause of the oversteer condition was the fact that his rear tire was on the pavement when it was understeering and when he went off of the gravel, he failed to correct for the drastic/sudden decrease in grip on the rear tires. From this analysis we could conclude that *regardless* of what differential he had, it would have still resulted in that spin. The differential will do a better job of using the available traction between both tires, however, if you lose grip because you fail to consider the conditions, theres nothing the differential can do.
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