I was very happy with the performance of the torsen rear diff in the snow today. I was going up a hill on 3-lane snow covered road without any cars around me. Having both rear wheels spinning makes for some fun drifting. I was using my skid pad skilz, but my wife was nervous going up a hill with the rear end hanging out.
Plowing went well with the new diff, until I tried to stop on a very slick hill. The truck rotated 90 degrees and came close to hitting two trees, but it didn't. I was going about 1 mph and I thought I had a brake failure. Truck was just sliding and rotating at 1 mph for about 5 seconds. Talk about slow motion.
I had a 30 year old winch powered by jumper cables which worked amazingly well. Pulled me out in just a few minutes.
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Jim
1986 Porsche 944 Turbo
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