Thursday, 17 May 2012

AWESOMATIX BALL DIFF FOR A700

AWESOMATIX supply as on optional item a ball diff. In principal the diff operates like common ball diffs that were standard items for many years, prior to the new trend of gear diffs, in all touring cars.
They operate by having two metal plates pressing against each other having hardened steel or ceramic balls in between.

This ball diff is a bit different as it also incorporates a fully sealed housing in which oil of different grades (cst) can be inserted in order to achieve different levels of resistance, thus being able to fine tune it in a similar way as a gear diff.










The diff when completely assembled gives exceptionally smooth feel without a hint of slipping.  According to other users' experience the ball diff may give better traction on certain conditions, such as low traction.
I might be able to test this weekend and will report back.

Thursday, 19 April 2012

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Thursday, 5 April 2012

A bit of F1

2012 season is already two races old and a lot is going on regarding the performance of some drivers like Perez (for good reason) and cars like Ferrari (for all the wrong reasons) so being a big fan of the sport I decided to post some of my favorite pictures that have been posted up to now from F1fanatic.co.uk and Autosport.com websites:











Finally an artist’s interpretation of how the 2012 F1 cars should have looked like (without the ‘step’ nose and with better paint schemes)