New irs differential on market

Nice

Very nice! 

OK.  I'll bite.  What does this do for us?

I'm not certain Troy....  "Planetary torsional differential" sounds like a suedo limited slip differential without clutch packs....  If so, it would improve  the IRS performance and give Quaife a run for their money... (pricing would be a determining factor)

Ok.  I'll bite.  What's Quaife?

I think it produces a sound only heard during intimate encounters.

Its a limited slip differential....  I have one in the Spyder and it was truly frightening when both tire lit up on my first acceleration run...  They are on the WEB....

Somewhat pricy, and limit you to a 3.88 final drive.(no 3.44)  4.12 and others should still work....

A Torsen/torsional/ATB/torque-biasing differential uses a set of gears inside the diff to create a torque multiplication effect from the wheel with the least grip to the wheel with the most grip.

 

For example, with one wheel on ice and one wheel on pavement, a standard open diff is just going to spin the wheel on the ice while the other wheel doesn't move at all so the car just sits there. With an ATB diff, the limited grip the wheel on the ice has is multiplied and fed to the wheel on the pavement. This allows the wheel on the pavement to still move the car forward. However, because this is a multiplicative effect, if the one wheel actually has zero grip, such as lifting off the ground in a corner, then the other wheel gets zero driving force just like an open diff.

 

This is different than a limited-slip diff which uses a clutch pack to provide a friction coupling between the input and output and between each wheel. This type can still provide a driving force to one wheel even if the other is off the ground. This type can also be adjusted relatively simply to change the handling of the vehicle.

 

Basically, they provide better traction. Some people don't like them due to the handling changes compared to an open diff.

Quaife is a company in the UK that produces parts for transmissions and rear differentials:

http://quaife.co.uk/

 

The other word Tom mentions is "quiffe":

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=quiffe

Lol.  Robert.  I'm curious how you knew the correct spelling of that.

  I'm amazed at the things I learn on this site!

The two words mentioned above are actually joined in an inverse relationship, to wit, the more Quaifes you buy, the less chance of ever hearing a quiffe.

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