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Old 03-08-2005, 07:47 PM
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Hey whats the ratio of the quattro cars? Whats the diff ratio? And what precentage of the power is front and rear?? If it makes any diffrence i have a 2002b6
 
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Old 03-08-2005, 09:04 PM
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It should be 50/50 front/rear when you're not spinning wheels.
 
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Old 03-08-2005, 09:19 PM
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On dry pavement driving in a straight line it's about 80/20 favoring the rear axle. As you corner or one or more of the wheels lose traction shifts that ratio to either favor the front axle or one side or the other. As for the differential ratio, I don't know but I'm looking.
 
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Old 03-08-2005, 09:37 PM
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so the 80 20 is ....... 80 front and 20 rear
 
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Old 03-08-2005, 10:26 PM
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the Quattro is front wheel biased its not 50 50.. it has more to the front than the rear. dont remember actual numbers though
 
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Old 03-08-2005, 10:31 PM
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its 50/50
http://www.williamtoll.com/quattro_info.htm
 
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Old 03-08-2005, 10:31 PM
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we're getting a lot of different answers on this one....can anyone confirm any of these?
 
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Old 03-08-2005, 10:34 PM
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My information was taken from the Audi USA site. I just did a search for "Quattro".
 
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Old 03-08-2005, 11:02 PM
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ok i did some research, all that I have come across before states that the quattro system is Front whell biased.. But now that i start doing more research on it. Everyone is stating that the quattro is now a 50/50 split. My only question is what about the weight or is that factored in. because more weight in thr front would throw everything off of what you actually get. yes in theory you could get a 50 50 split by having more to the front, and its actual ratio because of the weight would be 50 50.. but im not a mechanical engineer LOL
 
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Old 03-08-2005, 11:03 PM
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I really really doubt its 50 50 since the non q is fwd based!!![sm=WTFsgign.gif] If a awd car was 50 50 that would be a completely new thing for auto manufactures![sm=wakeup.gif] PLEASE ONLY POST IF YOU KNOW
 


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