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6th May 2016, 23:06 #871
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7th May 2016, 00:25 #872
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What would be wrong with supplying the 2017 cars with the current 2016 restrictors? Manufacturers would have an outlet to sell their cars to national competitors and to be fair the cars would be no faster than they are now just with active diffs, it might even make them safer for less experienced drivers.
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7th May 2016, 08:39 #873
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Are You saying that a car with active center diff is not faster than a car without center diff at all?
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7th May 2016, 09:02 #874
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I can't see how R5 experience would qualify you to drive the new WRC cars, as surely there should be a considerable gap in performance, particularly power and aero. So surely this is a flawed idea, they can't get experience in the car as they aren't allowed to drive it, and there isn't anything else that is close to it. So unless they say a current (2016) generation car is the stepping stone, I can't see how it can work?
But then look at Lorenzo, finished events when in an R5. Went to WRC car and seems to have lost the plot?
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7th May 2016, 09:06 #875
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7th May 2016, 09:43 #876
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Current WRC cars don't have center diff at all. The difference of having an active one and none at all is really big. Than we have the new aero package, wider track, better brake cooling and many other small things which must make the 2017 faster even with same restrictor. Thinking only about the power like ToughMac did is wrong.
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7th May 2016, 10:05 #877
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quite the opposite imho. Mitsubishi evo has active center and rear diffs about 16 years back. For the average driver(and not only) active production diffs,are a big help to the driver.Thats why subaru decided to follow Mitsubishi after some years delay.
I ve changed mabe more than 20-30 maps at my evo center active diff,and the difference is impressive.But didnt find the last excellent result, just uploading some custom maps.It requires some more try and error with your programmer to fix it for your car and drive.
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7th May 2016, 10:17 #878
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7th May 2016, 10:32 #879
As far as I know the current WRC cars have front and rear axles effectively locked to rotate together (like a Hilux or similar when in 4wd) - a centre diff would let the front and rear rotate at different speeds (hence the word 'differential').
If you've ever tried to take a tight turn with a locked centre diff or no centre diff 4wd you'll understand why that setup generally results in more sliding from a rally car.Last edited by GravelBen; 7th May 2016 at 10:39.
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7th May 2016, 10:51 #880
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Thanks, makes more sense now.
So essentially that rearward shaft is just taking 50% of the torque from the front final drive back to the rear diff without anything fancy going on inside?
Would the step between active diff and none at all be something like a Torsen or a viscous coupling then? i.e. not interfered with electronically (not in the same way a Haldex works, that would be a REactive wait-until-you're-already-understeering system), purely a mechanically PROactive system?
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