On 11/15/06, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> These are pretty cool, eh?
>
> http://www2.lut.fi/~holtta/mb/4matic/
Yes indeedy. Wonder which item is there to provide the front/rear
slip? It wasn't completely obvious to me, but no doubt it has to
be there.
Computer-controlled clutches of some kind inside the center
differential, making the front/rear torque allotment variable. As
Craig points out, this is a far more complicated AWD approach than the
ones used at the time by Audi (a simple open differential with manual
either-or lockup) and BMW (a heat-sensitive viscous clutch like the
ones used on our engine fans).
Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo
'93 Isuzu Trooper
