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Old Mar 8, 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
 
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 09:04 PM
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It should be 50/50 front/rear when you're not spinning wheels.
 
Old Mar 8, 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.
 
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 09:37 PM
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so the 80 20 is ....... 80 front and 20 rear
 
Old Mar 8, 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
 
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 10:31 PM
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its 50/50
http://www.williamtoll.com/quattro_info.htm
 
Old Mar 8, 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?
 
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 10:34 PM
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My information was taken from the Audi USA site. I just did a search for "Quattro".
 
Old Mar 8, 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
 
Old Mar 8, 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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