Tranny Question. - Quaife or LSD?

[peter at thescirocco.com (Peter)]

You can run the diff. with 90, or 100mm flanges, and the ACN accepts both.

The Quaife/Peloquin (Torsen) differentials, affect the steering very
slightly, and is most noticeable when turning around on gravel. 

Instead of the usual VW torque steer, the torque will transfer back and
forth, between the front wheels, as the diff seems fit, (providing you have
a lot of power).
This is why Peloquin made his 020 to work with his old 80% kit. 


Peter
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cory Langford [mailto:Cory_Langford@bcit.ca] 
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 1:39 PM
To: 'Scirocco list'
Subject: Tranny Question. - Quaife or LSD?

Here is the dilemma....

The '86 turbo project has been sitting in 3/4 done state for about 3 years
now :)  I have decided to switch directions and go Mega Squirt with it now,
so who knows when it will be roaring down the road.

Installed into the '86 right now is a custom build ACN tranny with a quaife
installed.

So I am tempted to pull it out of the engine bay and put it into the '81.

Couple questions:

1. Anyone currently have a quaife?   Can anyone tell me how the quaife 
affects steering?  I plan on putting out a fair bit of torque with the g60,
so am I going to need gorilla arms to steer the car seeing as how I don't
have power steering installed?

2.  LSD is still a no-no with 90mm flanges right?   So which tranny would 
be a good candidate for LSD and have a nice wide gear ratio?  I am assuming
that LSD would not require PS or am I wrong on this one?


Cory Langford
'86 Roc turbo, 
'78 Roc turbo - RIP,
?81S Roc - soon to be a stage 5 G60 monster :)
'65 Ghia Coupe,
95 Eurovan, etc, etc... :) 


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