Rear Wheel Drive Vs All Wheel Drive

[rice_me_up]

spose its probably just down to wether or not you like drift or drag...

but oh well, just interested

sorry. replace the "front wheel" with "all wheel".... im such a dick....

Edited November 7, 2005 by rice_me_up

[IOWNU]

I like rev limit launches.

That said, I also like dori dori.

But i prefer better handling, launching over going sideways.

[AlexCim]

Dude, there is no AWD option?

Its FWD or RWD...

Good one

[aussie_tul]

yes, that's right!! How can i identify my mind?

[scathing]

I'd take an asymmetric AWD any day. Rear biased if it can't be completely adaptive.

Ideally I'd want an Evolution style drivetrain (with full active diffs), but I'd take a GT-R style ATTESSA over the front-biased Euro econobox stuff, or the symmetric Subaru gear.

[IOWNU]

Dude, there is no AWD option?

Its FWD or RWD...

Good one

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There is a sentence in BIG BLUE writing you might just wanna pay attention to.

[Duncan]

poll fixed

now back to the real question

[RedEmblem]

I voted RWD... cause ive only eva driven rwd. rwd makes it easy to slide the back and over correct into barb-wire...

[Big Rizza]

I prefer grip to drift, so I put down AWD. But that preference is very slight. I would prefer a well set up sophisticated and balanced RWD like an FD RX7 to a simple, mediocore AWD like an Audi A4 (understeer, understeer, understeer...).

[Ryosuke Takahashi]

WRX's have that symmetrical AWD system is it?

any one have any technical info about that (i dont want to be told to go to a wrx forum)

sometimes the 4wd system on the GT-Rs dont hook up especially if you turn the engine off while the car is rolling

[Big Rizza]

WRX's have that symmetrical AWD system is it? 

any one have any technical info about that (i dont want to be told to go to a wrx forum)

sometimes the 4wd system on the GT-Rs dont hook up especially if you turn the engine off while the car is rolling

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Um... In what situation would someone turn off the car while you are still rolling?

[Frink]

i'd prefer RWD, it doesn't give you mid-corner understeer (with the exception of maybe an EVO...). you can also launch a RWD fairly hard too, i've smashed WRX's of at lights, just depends on how you use your right foot.......

Edited November 8, 2005 by Frink

[Leewah]

GTR.

Nuff said.

[Frink]

hhhmmmmm.......

you have a point there......

[scathing]

I prefer grip to drift, so I put down AWD.  But that preference is very slight.

RWD cars don't necessarily have to be less "grip" oriented than AWD cars (I assume you mean tarmac racing). AWD is only really useful if you have a surfeit of power, or you're dealing with low grip conditions. Otherwise, the extra weight and its location, plus a loss of steering feel, can be a detriment to handling with no real traction benefits.

For example, my car has more grip than power. On the track in the dry, I can pretty much punch out of a lot of 2nd gear corners and every 3rd gear corner burying the throttle as soon as I touch it. I don't have to ease it in - I can just mash it. That's on street tyres. On semis, those second gear corners are flat stick too.

So for me, a 4WD drivetrain would be near useless. I'd lose some of my steering feel, gain some torque steer, and add another 50kg+ (mostly to the front of my already front heavy car)....but I'd see no benefits in traction. I could compensate by replacing the final drives, but then I'd lose time from the constant gearshifts.

[scathing]

WRX's have that symmetrical AWD system is it? 

any one have any technical info about that (i dont want to be told to go to a wrx forum)

What info were you after?

I don't know everything there is to know about the Impreza AWD system, but I do know that it runs 3 mechanical diffs. The centre is a LSD, and the front is an open diff on all WRXs and early STi's. Not entirely sure about the rear on the entry models. I know the STi's have alreays run rear LSDs though.

Edited November 8, 2005 by scathing

[Sydneykid]

Since I have both 4wd (Stagea) and 2wd (R32GTST) I had trouble with the simplistic voting.

I would have 4wd for the road, because it rains.

I would have 2wd for the track, because 4wd costs too much, lots of extra weight (150 kgs) to overcome, bigger brakes to stop the extra weight. more power for the same power to weight ratio etc etc

cheers

[AMS]

Good point sk

Im going for AWD...Go the Stageas

[Tangles]

Yup, the AWD of my Stagea kicks the arse of my VR SS V8 Commodore. Thats with both cars being roughly the same power and weight......

Total confidence with the AWD of the Stagea, whereas with the RWD of the VR SS you're just waiting for it to 'bite back'.

Go the Stags!!!!

Brenda

[fatz]

2wd all the time takes abit more skill to get it around the track

gtr are quick but boring