AR

I've got an 03 WRX and wonder if anyone could tell me:

1) What is the torque split between the two axles - I presume 50:50?
2) Can the car vary it as necessary and, if so, to what extent?

Ta

greasemonkey

1) The diff itself splits 50:50. However, it's possible that the unequal rotation speed caused by the 1.1:1 drop gears causes a slight bias to the front wheels.

2) No. The differential in the WRX is a simple bevel gear unit that is unable to vary its innate torque distribution, and the viscous coupling acts to minimise the rotation speed differences between the two outputs.

AR

Thanks greasemonkey - the answer and the lack a front LSD explains a bit about how the packed snow was tricking my car today! (turbo lag does'nt help either)

davedipster

Greasemonkey,
What about the MY03 sti?
Interesting stuff.

Dipster.