Haladex vs Torsen AWD etc....
02-04-2005, 06:08 AM
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Haladex vs Torsen AWD etc....
Guys can some one educate me on this one? I know the TT and A3 are Torsen based so that they can have the DSG Tranny, the other A models as of yet cannot due to Haladex systems...
Can someone give me a defination of both and why DSG will work with one and not the other?
TIA.
Can someone give me a defination of both and why DSG will work with one and not the other?
TIA.
02-04-2005, 06:31 AM
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No, the TT and A3 have transverse-mounted engines
and have Haldex systems. The Torsen system is for longitudinally-mounted engines. I don't know of any Torsen-based models that offer DSG. The A3, TT, and VW R32 are the only Haldex models that I know of that do.
02-04-2005, 05:43 PM
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It's not that they can't work....
It's that they were designed to work with a specific layout.
It's not that DSG will not "work" with a haldex or torsen system... It's that the TT and A3 (same platform) use a transverse engine layout. And only the haldex system is designed to work with transverse engines.
The Torsen system is designed to work with longitudinal engine layouts...
It's not that DSG will not "work" with a haldex or torsen system... It's that the TT and A3 (same platform) use a transverse engine layout. And only the haldex system is designed to work with transverse engines.
The Torsen system is designed to work with longitudinal engine layouts...
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