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• Torsen Diff
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:54:50 +0200
  What could be the benefits/"misbenefits" with a Torsen differential = instead of the VC? Torsen diff distributes power to the side that has = traction...
• Re: Torsen Diff instead of VC
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Niksch
  Fri, 20 Jun 97 17:45:42 UT
  ...Torsen Diff What could be the benefits/"misbenefits" with a Torsen differential instead of the VC? Torsen diff distributes power to the side that...
• Re: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:18:45 EST
  ...Torque biasing diff put in during a rebuild to get positraction... >> Is this type also known as a Torsen differential? And, how much ?$? George
• Re: limited slip differential for 2WD Vans
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 10:53:32 EDT
  In a message dated 9/30/05 10:34:18 PM, aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM writes: << I can get the torsen style LSD's for...
• Re: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:13:32 -0800
  ...The Torsen style diff is a torque biasing diff...a unit with a bunch of gears inside rather than a true limited slip with...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Sep 1999
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 08:44:14 -0700
  ...quattro uses torsen differentials which is a totally different setup than . the Syncro system. I Golf in Europe still is available in Syncro and...
• Re: The Ideal vanagon (syncro systems)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:19:59 +1300
  ><< All Syncros (T3, Santana, Golf etc) used VCs instead of the Audi Quattro >Torsen > setup. >> > >With the exception of the 85 - 88 Quantum syncro...
• Re: limited slip differential for 2WD Vans
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 08:04:53 -0700
  ...34:18 PM, aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM writes: > ><< I can get the torsen style LSD's for the 2wd vans for about $1175... >> > >This is...
• Re: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Fri, 2 Dec 2005 16:57:38 -0800
  ...The Torsen style diff is a torque biasing diff...a unit with a bunch of gears inside rather than a true limited slip with...
• Re: The Ideal vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:05:39 +1300
  ...All Syncros (T3, Santana, Golf etc) used VCs instead of the Audi Quattro Torsen setup. In the latish 80s Nissan made a Pulsar with...
• Re: Binding when turning
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 14:45:25 -0700
  ...I think that it could be worth to see if a Torsen diff could >| replace the prescious VC. No problem for me thou, my...
• Re: viscous coupling
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:55:39 +0200
  David Marshall wrote: > SOunds like a great idea, but unfortunatly (actually fortunatly) the Audi > quattro uses torsen differentials which is a totally different setup...
• Re: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 2 Dec 2005 18:09:09 -0800
  ...The Torsen style diff is a torque biasing diff...a unit with a bunch of gears inside rather than a true limited slip with...
• Re: Binding when turning
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 23:34:03 +0100
  ...Still I think that it could be worth to see if a Torsen diff could replace the prescious VC. No problem for me thou...
• Re: viscous coupling
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 26 Sep 1999 18:53:50 -0700
  SOunds like a great idea, but unfortunatly (actually fortunatly) the Audi quattro uses torsen differentials which is a totally different setup than the Syncro...
• Re: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 3 Dec 2005 02:56:56 -0500
  ...sucks in snow! > > Geo & all. > The Torsen style diff is a torque biasing diff...a unit with a bunch of > gears inside rather than...
• Re: Update on The Miracle & New AA 091 w/ TBD 4 2WD
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:41:53 -0600
  Ok all Im still a newbie to my vanagon what is tbd? Is that lime the torsen differential with helical type limited slip? Velma...
• Re: limited slip differential for 2WD Vans
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:43:39 -0500
  ...34:18 PM, aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM writes: >> >><< I can get the torsen style LSD's for the 2wd vans for about $1175... >> >> >>This is...
• Re: The Ideal vanagon (syncro systems)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Fitzsimons
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 12:59:32 EDT
  ...T3, Santana, Golf etc) used VCs instead of the Audi Quattro Torsen setup. >> With the exception of the 85 - 88 Quantum syncro wagon. At...
• Re: Update on The Miracle & New AA 091 w/ TBD 4 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:05:52 -0600
  ...newbie to my vanagon what is tbd? Is that lime the torsen > differential with helical type limited slip? > > Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy...
• Re : How VC's work -- Please Read
  Historical mailing list - Aleksandr Milewski
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:52:18 -0700
  ...Mazda switched to Torsens after a few years, and even Mazda comp doesn't sell a VC diff...they sell clutch-type limited-slip...
• Re: LOCK-RIGHT locking diffs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 15:09:23 -0400
  ...not like the >factory multi-disc clutch unit, nor like modern Torsen or Quaife geared >units. No. There's no clutch, it's engagement...
• Re: Update on The Miracle & New AA 091 w/ TBD 4 2WD
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:16:18 -0500
  ...newbie to my vanagon what is tbd? Is that lime the torsen > differential with helical type limited slip? > > Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy...
• Re: "conventional" transmission for a mid-engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:40:57 +0100
  ...I disabled the rear ouput shaft by welding the torsen diff so it became a solid shaft and took one gear out so that...
• Re: Update on The Miracle & New AA 091 w/ TBD 4 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Buese Thomas
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:05:50 -0600
  ...newbie to my vanagon what is tbd? Is that lime >> the torsen >> differential with helical type limited slip? >> >> Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy...
• limited slip differential for 2WD Vans
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:19:12 -0700
  I can get the torsen style LSD's for the 2wd vans for about $1175...They are brand newly designed and built by Peloquin...
• Re: Snowtire update
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 22:45:37 -0400
  ...Hummer drivers use this even with limited slip diffs (Torsen type), called 'brake modulation' easiest on vehicles with auto trans, two feet in at...
• Re: Passat Syncro??(semi-vanagon, syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:10:10 +0200
  ...It would be easier to put the Torsen (TORque SENsing) diff from the Audi into work, I am sure. Even this isn't a...
• LOCK-RIGHT locking diffs
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 03 Sep 1996 20:48:36 -0400
  ...not like the factory multi-disc clutch unit, nor like modern Torsen or Quaife geared units. Anyway the real glory is a price tag...
• Re: Peloquin experience?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:54:27 -0900
  I ran a Gleason Torsen unit in a Jeep CJ-5 in the early `80's and loved it. Forwards, backwards, on mud, snow...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: locking differential in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:43:06 -0700
  ...locking differential in vanagon Just so some of you know...There is now a limited slip torsen type diff available for the 2wd and...
• Re: Snow, 4wd vehicles and syncros
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:53:22 -0600
  ...The older Torsen > diffs would pull power away from the wheels that want to spin and the > newer electronic systems do the same as...
• Re: Snow, 4wd vehicles and syncros
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:52:47 -0800
  ...even for an instant faster than the other end.� The older Torsen diffs would pull power away from the wheels that want to spin...
• Re: Snow, 4wd vehicles and syncros
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:27:31 -0800
  ...The older Torsen >> diffs would pull power away from the wheels that want to spin and the >> newer electronic systems do the same as...
• Re: Snow, 4wd vehicles and syncros
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:49:37 -0600
  ...for an instant faster than the other end. The > older Torsen > >> diffs would pull power away from the wheels > that want to spin...
• Re: What is an Audi Quattro (and how does it relate to Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 09:34:07 -0800
  ...in later years of the quattro system Audi switched to a torsen differential for better power "splitting". The Audi quattro system is superior to...
• Differentials: open, limited-slip, & locking (was: limited slip rear end)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 16:48:28 -0400
  ...The most effective variety of limited-slip differential is the TORSEN (TORque SENsing) differential. 2WD with limited-slip differential: If one drive wheel completely...
• Re: Snow, 4wd vehicles and syncros
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:17:45 -0500
  ...even for an instant faster than the other end.� The older Torsen diffs would pull power away from the wheels that want to spin...
• Re: Peloquin experience?
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:58:20 -0800
  The Torsen is short for Torque Sensing limited slip and is a gear type that works in Reverse as well...The clutch pack style...
• Re: Audi 5000 and Vanagon auto trans are the same???
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 1 Nov 1998 09:39:49 -0800
  ...Syncro and could finally delete the VC for Quattros much better Torsen differential setup. If you want to send me the photos and a...
• Re: Snow, 4wd vehicles and syncros
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:23:55 -0800
  ...The older Torsen > diffs would pull power away from the wheels that want to spin and the > newer electronic systems do the same as...