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Old 07-31-2012, 08:27 PM
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With open diffs, as mentioned, cheating with your brake pedal ...
No, w/ open diffs it doesn't work. They have an even 1:1 transfer ratio and any transferred torque is eaten by the opposing brake. It takes a torsen/quaife TBD which are typ ~5:1 for the trick to work.
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