[Shotimes] Link to Sway bar info?

[ianf@eden.rutgers.edu]

A friend of mine once slid down an icy hill, through a stop sign and 
right in front of a bus that was barrelling down on him at 45 mph. He 
managed to cut the wheel and give it all he had. With poor traction 
conditions, the Quaife managed to hook up and he got out of the way. 
Cutting the wheel with an open differential on snow and ice; let's just 
say that he would have been pancaked pretty quickly.

I have had to make swerve around others, sometimes with one wheel on 
soft or loose sediment (sometimes standing water) but all the while 
maintaining heavy throttle. I know from experience that having an open 
diff would have made it more hairy.

As far as high speed corners; yes, it works. The car pulls and pulls 
and I can take high speed corners much faster than I ever could without 
the Quaife. I don't feel like I need to explain myself to someone who 
doens't have a Quaife but insists that mine isn't doing for me what I 
claim (and others) claim that it is. I will have to disagree with your 
feelings towards (the differences between) RWD and FWD setups but I 
suppose we can agree to disagree.

Ian

> Guess I've just learned to live with all that inside wheelspin that I 
get on
> those 70 mph corners......even though a Quaife could undoubtedly save 
my
> life in those situations!! Ian, I truly don't understand your comment 
about
> their benefit in high-speed corners, I really don't!!
> 
> Quaife is basically a limited-slip-type differential. In having owned 
cars
> with limited-slip differentials since the early 70s, I think I might 
have a
> little bit of experience in how they function. And no, a FWD setup is 
not
> that unique.
> 
> Ron Porter 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-
admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:31 PM
> To: Alan Fanning
> Cc: SHOtimes
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Link to Sway bar info?
> 
> 
> someone without a Quaife (and hence no experience) once told me that 
they
> were not worthwhile except in low speed corners. <g>
> 
> Ian
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Alan Fanning wrote:
> 
> > So, how is it that we tell when Ron's had a good day or a bad day 
at the
> > office?  Seems like same old, same old, attitude everyday to me.
> >
> >     Alan
> >
> > Ron Porter wrote:
> >
> > > Gee,
> > > your opinion is one that I respect from your vast knowledge and
> > > experience.......hey, tell you what.....go open up a can of
> > > shut-the-fuck-up.
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