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The Quaife torque biasing differential enables your car to accelerate quicker and corner faster. How?
By getting the power to the ground!
The Quaife Differential powers both
drive wheels under nearly all conditions, instead of just one. With an
ordinary open differential, standard on most cars, a lot of precious
power is wasted during wheelspin under acceleration. This happens
because the open differential shifts power to the wheel with less grip
(along the path of least resistance). The Quaife, however, does just
the opposite. It senses which wheel has the better grip, and biases the
power to that wheel. It does this smoothly and constantly, and without
ever completely removing power from the other wheel.
In
drag-race style, straight-line acceleration runs, this results in a
close to ideal 50/50 power split to both drive wheels, resulting in
essentially twice the grip of an ordinary differential (they don't call
open diffs "peglegs" for nothing).
In
cornering, while accelerating out of a turn, the Quaife biases power to
the outside wheel, reducing inside-wheel spin. This allows the driver
to begin accelerating earlier, exiting the corner at a higher speed.
The
Quaife also controls loss of traction when the front wheels are on
slippery surfaces such as ice and snow or mud, providing the
appropriate biased traction needed to overcome these adverse
conditions. The Quaife Differential provides constant and infinitely
variable drive. Power is transferred automatically without the use of
normal friction pads or plates seen in other limited-slip designs.
The
Quaife's unique design offers maximum traction, improves handling and
steering, and puts the power where it is needed most. A definite
advantage whether on the track or on the street.
The
Quaife is extremely strong and durable and since the Quaife is gear
operated, it has no plates or clutches that can wear out and need
costly replacement.
The
Quaife is great for street driving or racing. Racers don't have to put
up with locking mechanisms or spools that created unwanted understeer
under power, or in the case of front-drive cars, even tear the steering
wheel out of their hands when cornering. Because it behaves like an
open differential during ordinary driving, street drivers will have
trouble telling it's there until pushing the car's limits.
The
Quaife has been proven in everything from SCCA Rally to Formula 1. It
provides autocrossers with such an advantage, it has become "required"
equipment for a winning effort.
More
and more auto manufacturers are specifying the Quaife ATB Differential
as original equipment in their high performance models - for good
reason - it works!
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