Do they make a Torsen style differential for the 8ight?
08-24-2008, 12:16 PM
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Do they make a Torsen style differential for the 8ight?
I am possibly looking to get a 8ight or maybe 8ight-T but would love to get a center Torsen differential for it if they make one. I have one of these diffs in an older OFNA and it makes a world of a difference. Thanks for any replies.
08-24-2008, 08:13 PM
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RE: Do they make a Torsen style differential for the 8ight?
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I am possibly looking to get a 8ight or maybe 8ight-T but would love to get a center Torsen differential for it if they make one. I have one of these diffs in an older OFNA and it makes a world of a difference. Thanks for any replies.
I am possibly looking to get a 8ight or maybe 8ight-T but would love to get a center Torsen differential for it if they make one. I have one of these diffs in an older OFNA and it makes a world of a difference. Thanks for any replies.
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RE: Do they make a Torsen style differential for the 8ight?
ORIGINAL: Orlando69
I am possibly looking to get a 8ight or maybe 8ight-T but would love to get a center Torsen differential for it if they make one. I have one of these diffs in an older OFNA and it makes a world of a difference. Thanks for any replies.
I am possibly looking to get a 8ight or maybe 8ight-T but would love to get a center Torsen differential for it if they make one. I have one of these diffs in an older OFNA and it makes a world of a difference. Thanks for any replies.
08-25-2008, 12:33 PM
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RE: Do they make a Torsen style differential for the 8ight?
Here's a link to that wonderful diff. Better put a kidney up for auction on Ebay! 
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/23509
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/23509
08-25-2008, 06:50 PM
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RE: Do they make a Torsen style differential for the 8ight?
ORIGINAL: K_B
Here's a link to that wonderful diff. Better put a kidney up for auction on Ebay!
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/23509
Here's a link to that wonderful diff. Better put a kidney up for auction on Ebay!
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/23509
Those doesn't seem to be a real torsen diff but more a limited slip diff just like the XRAY Active diff. Actually, after reading the description with ramps and so on I'm convinced they are identical to the XRAY Active diff.
08-25-2008, 07:44 PM
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RE: Do they make a Torsen style differential for the 8ight?
I remember there being a discussion about this elsewhere about what those mysteriously expensive diffs actually do. Like you said, Amain's describes them as limited slip / torque-sensing (torsen) implying that an LSD and Torsen are one in the same, so your guess is probably better than mine...
08-25-2008, 08:22 PM
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RE: Do they make a Torsen style differential for the 8ight?
This seems to be an exact explanation of how the Tractive IV works. It is NOT a torsen diff at all.
http://icpcitation.com/variloc_theory.htm
http://icpcitation.com/variloc_theory.htm
