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Mtt22 · 08-30-2002, 04:54 PM

well obviously the advantage of an AWD car is all 4 wheels are pushing/pulling the car, the disadvantage is because it has a larger drivetrain you loose more horsepower in it, and you will find an awd drivetrain will take less horse power before major modifications need to be done to it due to the extra load on the transmission and of course the transfer case.  And a awd car is awesome in the winter.

i dont know what advantage a fwd car has over other cars for racing, prolly none, better in snow though....

the advantage of a rwd car is that when you lay into and the car is pulling forward the weight "transfers" to the back of the vehicle giving you more power to the ground being that the "extra gravity" is pushing the wheels down harder. Unfortunatly the rwd's are obvoiusly the worst in wlippery conditions.

08-30-2002, 04:54 PM	#2
Mtt22 Leaky Injector Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 79 Trader Rating: (0)	well obviously the advantage of an AWD car is all 4 wheels are pushing/pulling the car, the disadvantage is because it has a larger drivetrain you loose more horsepower in it, and you will find an awd drivetrain will take less horse power before major modifications need to be done to it due to the extra load on the transmission and of course the transfer case.  And a awd car is awesome in the winter. i dont know what advantage a fwd car has over other cars for racing, prolly none, better in snow though.... the advantage of a rwd car is that when you lay into and the car is pulling forward the weight "transfers" to the back of the vehicle giving you more power to the ground being that the "extra gravity" is pushing the wheels down harder. Unfortunatly the rwd's are obvoiusly the worst in wlippery conditions. __________________ Matt "andy offers kevin pudding at 9, if andy is 7 years older then pudding than how many liters of andy does it take to get to detroit?" "There are 3 types of people in this world. People who can count, and people who cant.." ""Save the Whales" (Trade them for valuable prizes)"