Hello,
My name is Tyler Jones, I'm the Project Director/Controls Team Lead for the Iowa State University FSAE team.
Our 2014-2015 car runs a Torsen T1 differential with a custom gear housing. We are having problems with the car unloading the inside rear tire in tight corners which is an issue since the Torsen differential essentially becomes an open differential when a wheel is lifted. We are considering switching to the Wavetrac differential to mitigate this issue. In order to pursue this further I need to obtain some models or drawings of the Wavetrac's internals to begin designing a custom gear housing as soon as possible, but after contacting them directly Wavetrac is reluctant to give out any drawings showing the internal workings of their differentials. Hopefully a team that currently uses the Wavetrac differential or has used one in the past may be able to share any models or drawings they have of the internals?
Additionally I had some questions about the FSAE stub shafts that RCV Performance sells for the Wavetrac differential. I determined that the spline on the male stub shaft has 33 teeth vs 27 teeth for the female spline in the Honda Civic model Wavetrac suggested for FSAE use. Can anyone confirm which model the RCV stub shafts are compatible with?
Link for the stub shafts:
http://www.rcvperformance.com/produc...aspx?sku=D5253
http://www.rcvperformance.com/produc...aspx?sku=D6768
Link to Wavetrac:
http://www.wavetrac.net/
Attached are the drawings of the models Wavetrac says they have sold to other FSAE teams.
Civic Wavetrac.jpgVW Wavetrac.jpg
Thanks!