"TJDMAX" (tjdmax)
01/13/2015 at 10:21 • Filed to: None
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"TJDMAX" (tjdmax)
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Read this article on Road and Tracks website....
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Seems like a pretty trick system. Both a mechanical system similar to a traditional 4x4 transfer case, but with electronic clutches and a torsen diff up front for on road driving that from the sounds of it acts very much so like a torque vectoring system on many high performance cars we see today.
Just thought it was a cool bit of technology.
MultiplaOrgasms
> TJDMAX
01/13/2015 at 10:28 |
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Everything has torque vectoring these days. Hell, even my testicles have that.
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TJDMAX
> MultiplaOrgasms
01/13/2015 at 10:31 |
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Interesting. Well to my knowledge this is the first truck i've heard of having torque vectoring, and the first off road application having torque vectoring, as well as the first pair of balls to have that technology. Learn something new every day i suppose.
450X_FTW
> TJDMAX
01/13/2015 at 10:40 |
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If you've never experienced it in an off road scenario it's pretty awesome. Won't notice it at high speed but low speed say rock crawling in Moab, as soon as a wheel slips the driveline sends torque to the other wheel(s) that is not slipping almost instantly.
nermal
> TJDMAX
01/13/2015 at 11:01 |
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I don't get what's so special about it?
Both GM and Ram have a clutch-based "on-demand" mode available in their 1/2 ton transfer cases. So, in auto mode, if the rear axle slips, it engages the clutches and sends power to the front. You can also choose the "lock" mode, which just engages the clutches all the time.
The torsion diff in the front is unique. Otherwise, everybody else does brake-based traction control. I'm guessing that's all the "torque vectoring" is?
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> TJDMAX
01/13/2015 at 11:03 |
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Until now, you had two choices for four-wheel-drive systems in trucks.
The electronic torque-on-demand route is more of an all-wheel-drive setup, using clutches to engage and disengage the not-normally-driven axle—in a full-size pickup's case, the front. Shift-on-the-fly systems employ mechanical locks in the transfer case to transmit power and torque with more of a full-time commitment. The new Ford Raptor gets both.
This is way overhyped and not even close to true. I've got a 2002 GMC K1500 that has an AWD/4X4 transfer case. You can select "Auto 4x4" which acts just like AWD or you can select 4x4 which locks the transfer case or you can put it in 2x4. My 1996 JGC had a similar system that allowed for an open center diff or a locked center diff when in 4x4. Current F-150's and I'm sure Chevy/GMC's have similar transfer cases.
Opposite Locksmith
> TJDMAX
01/13/2015 at 11:10 |
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honda pilot/ridge line? Truck thing has vtm
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> MultiplaOrgasms
01/13/2015 at 11:24 |
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How's that work? Does it let them hang evenly, or does it compensate when one hangs too low?
I'm asking for a friend...
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MultiplaOrgasms
> TJDMAX
01/13/2015 at 11:41 |
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Evolution knows no bounds.
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MultiplaOrgasms
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01/13/2015 at 11:57 |
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Unfortunately it's only a prototype system in testing as of now, and there are still some teething problems to adress such as increased wear on the left cremaster which have to be adressed before it can go on sale in production humans. Does have it's advantages in certain NSFW situations tho.