[Manarius]

Originally Posted by dcarrb

There's a slight but noticable difference between my cars when it comes to how aggressively the all-wheel drive engages. For example, one recent rainy day, in the teal, pulling uphill onto a busy 4-lane from an asphalt drive, there was a blink-of-an-eye hesitation before the rear wheels bit. I even remarked to my buddy in the car, also a Suby driver, "Feel that all-wheel hook-up?" (He didn't, so we're talking about a driver's-seat-of-the-pants sensation; nothing obvious or alarming.)

The silver SVX appears opposite: Power to the rear wheels seems to engage more quickly and with a tad more authority. I almost always notice just the slightest hint of rear wheel spin, say, turning onto a hard surface from gravel, in places where this has never happened in the teal.

I'm simply curious about this difference and would appreciate input from you folks who know your stuff. Thanks.

dcb

I personally think that the difference you notice is directly related to the engagement of solenoid C. Based on what I know about the trans and what exactly the solenoid does, it's not a 100% electrical system (a little bit of pressure exchange for the AWD engagement). So, based on that assumption, the exact condition of each solenoid in each car is going to be different based on the history of the transmission itself (the amount of miles, how many times the solenoid has had to go to full 50-50 split, etc).

Now the transmission guys can tear me apart