casm
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Right, so. Even with the lockup mod in place, I don't much care for how the MPT in the 4EAT works. It's not that it doesn't work, but sometimes it feels a little too clever for its own good in my book. What I particularly dislike about it is that rather than starting from a 50:50 split (or close enough as doesn't matter), it's 90:10 and constantly readjusting. This drove me berserk in the snow this week because I'd set myself up in advance to plough through the conditions ahead only to be smacked down by the gearbox.
Anyhow, I'm thinking that the VTD may be a better choice. Admittedly, it still adjusts torque proportion of its own accord, but at least it starts from (more or less) 50:50. Coming from the world of vehicles with a traditionally-locked centre diff, this may be more to my liking in most usage
I've read through this thread over on SF.org, and while I've no issues with their approach, I'm wondering if the same thing can't be accomplished with a transmission swap. My assumption is that this would involve also getting the TCU from the VTD donor car and somehow making it work in my SF - but I can't see how that would be any different from what is essentially the tailcone swap they're talking about in that thread.
Has anyone tried this swap before, and, if so, what did you have to go through to make it work? Was the VTD TCU electrically- and pin-compatible with the loom in the Forester? Even if you weren't doing this on an SF, I'd be interested to know what hoops you had to jump through to get it going.
Note that I'm specifically avoiding anything with VDC capability. We have that in our OBW and I can't stand it. There's one specific patch of uphill, slightly off-camber trail that's a bit washboardy with gravel over it that always turns that car into a one-wheel-drive wonder because the computer can't work out what's actually going on.
Anyhow, I'm thinking that the VTD may be a better choice. Admittedly, it still adjusts torque proportion of its own accord, but at least it starts from (more or less) 50:50. Coming from the world of vehicles with a traditionally-locked centre diff, this may be more to my liking in most usage
I've read through this thread over on SF.org, and while I've no issues with their approach, I'm wondering if the same thing can't be accomplished with a transmission swap. My assumption is that this would involve also getting the TCU from the VTD donor car and somehow making it work in my SF - but I can't see how that would be any different from what is essentially the tailcone swap they're talking about in that thread.
Has anyone tried this swap before, and, if so, what did you have to go through to make it work? Was the VTD TCU electrically- and pin-compatible with the loom in the Forester? Even if you weren't doing this on an SF, I'd be interested to know what hoops you had to jump through to get it going.
Note that I'm specifically avoiding anything with VDC capability. We have that in our OBW and I can't stand it. There's one specific patch of uphill, slightly off-camber trail that's a bit washboardy with gravel over it that always turns that car into a one-wheel-drive wonder because the computer can't work out what's actually going on.
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