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This understeer is especially pronounced under braking.  The car doesn't
want to turn in because both rear wheels are forced to rotate at the same
speed.

Porsche did run spools (the equivalent of a welded diff') in their GT-1's at
Le Mans in 97.  But they have 600 HP and it was more in the interest of
reliability.  During the early 90's, when F-1 cars had traction control and
ABS, they ran basically an open diff',  which gave much better cornering
characteristics.

And yes, a welded diff' will put additional stress on the drive axles and CV
joints.  My friend tried a welded diff' on his ITB Golf.  He was performing
some "shake-out" runs at a local auto-x and blew two CV joints within 2
laps.  Granted, it was a much tighter course than a road course but you get
the idea 8^)

Gustave Stroes
Redondo Bch, CA
BMW CCA # 150981

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