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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 03:05 PM
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do our cars have positraction?
 
Old Feb 24, 2006 | 03:23 PM
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On Quattro models we have full time engaged All wheel drive with a 50/50 torque split.

Using abs sensors to detect slippage the center torsen differential can send up to 78% to one wheel.

 
Old Feb 24, 2006 | 03:34 PM
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to answer your question,no.if positraction was used when going around a corner,the wheels would screech because they are turning at the same rate.lets say you make a right turn,the right rear wheel only turns once while the left rear turns 1 1/2 times because it is farther away
 
Old Feb 24, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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Every watch "My Cousin Vinny"? Marissa Tomei will teach you everything you need to know about positraction...

Mona Lisa Vito: The car that made these two, equal-length tire marks had positraction. You can't make these marks without positraction, which was not available on the '64 Buick Skylark!
Vinny Gambini: And why not? What is positraction?
Mona Lisa Vito: It's a limited slip differential which distributes power equally to both the right and left tires. The '64 Skylark had a regular differential, which, anyone who's been stuck in the mud in Alabama knows, you step on the gas, one tire spins, the other tire does nothing.
[the jury members nod, with murmurs of "yes," "that's right," etc]
Vinny Gambini: Is that it?
Mona Lisa Vito: No, there's more! You see where the left tire mark goes up on the curb and the right tire mark stays flat and even? Well, the '64 Skylark had a solid rear axle, so when the left tire would go up on the curb, the right tire would tilt out and ride along its edge. But that didn't happen here. The tire mark stayed flat and even. This car had an independent rear suspension. Now, in the '60's, there were only two other cars made in America that had positraction, and independent rear suspension, and enough power to make these marks. One was the Corvette, which could never be confused with the Buick Skylark. The other had the same body length, height, weight, wheel base, and wheel track as the '64 Skylark, and that was the 1963 Pontiac Tempest.
Vinny Gambini: And because both cars were made by GM, were both cars available in metallic mint green paint?
Mona Lisa Vito: They were!
Vinny Gambini: Thank you, Ms. Vito. No more questions. Thank you very much.
[kissing her hands]
Vinny Gambini: You've been a lovely, lovely witness.
 
Old Feb 24, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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haha i was waiting for the My Cousin Vinny reference
 
Old Feb 24, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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sounds like you are bored.i had a 71 skylark,no posi.but the 72 amc hornet with a chrysler 360 did and it was a screamer.it's funny how she was wrong because limited slip is not the same true dana posi.
 
Old Feb 25, 2006 | 07:17 PM
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Ehh, I was bored and got a chuckle out of...what do you want from me? :-)

IMDB.com is your friend...
 
Old Feb 25, 2006 | 07:22 PM
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ORIGINAL: TheJazz7

Ehh, I was bored and got a chuckle out of...what do you want from me? :-)

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That was awesome.
 
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