are the scooby Type R's (adjustable diff) as much fun to drive as a fully RWD car? or maybe more fun?, understand they have 'Clutch type rear diffs' which when the adjustable centre diff it set to fully OPEN they can become a bit of an handful!?

what type of rear diffs to normal RWD cars have like cossies etc? and are they more road safe

just asking cos im getting a Type R and want to know what to expect?

 

Cossies have a viscous rear diff, just like the std scoobs.

You will need LOTS of power in a type R to make it as much of a handful as a 2wd cossie. The front still robs 33% of the power. So even a 400 bhp DCCD car only puts 267 bhp to the rear. This is less than a stg 1 cossie and they're timid

Still more fun than a 50:50 scoob though

Andy

 

Andy.F,

i read this though on the IWOC site... http://www.iwoc.co.uk/jpstir.html

"...In the open condition the Type R handles very like a rear wheel drive car. The differential transfers the torque front and back equally but when one end loses grip (usually the lighter rear end) all of the torque is transferred to the axle that is wheel spinning. An LSD would keep some torque going to the wheels still with grip. Thus the Type R can bite the unwary"

sounds scary! but fun



[Edited by peccy - 9/18/2003 4:19:43 PM]

 

They can be tail happy, but due to the emense amount of grip they have, its not easy to get the rear to break away in dry conditions. You generally have to force it out with either brakes or snatching at the steering wheel.

Once drifting they handle very similar to most rwd cars, except a little more controlled / safe.