ahah yeaa thats pretty funny, i mean light to light my car is pretty decent with the 3:73's but im going to do some slight upgrades before i race him just to make sure :wink:
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Qdub24 said:
A FWD car would have less traction, not more purely because of the weight transfer from front to back when drag racing.
FE3X CLONE said:
I always got the jump on everyone that I raced in my Maxima; when it was an auto, and after I converted it to a stick.
FE3X CLONE said:
I'd say only at certain power levels. Lower power levels will give the fwd an advantage because of all the weight over the front axle, they just dont offer enough weight transfer to unload the tires much. Kinda goes back to why they are better in snow.
jrm81bu said:
a couple of bags of sand in the back of our cars is probably the same weight as a 4 banger over the front wheels....also those FWD don't have posi track so they have one wheel spinning in the snow. I don't drive my current G body in the snow but when I did I'd put that up against any FWD
pontiacgp said:
Not really because a lot of the weight is past the front axle. Yes you can put the sand slightly past the rear axle but it still wont match the weight of a 4-6-8 cylinder engine and transmission.
I live in a place that gets a good amount of snow and theories are nice but actual experiences rules. I have gone places honda, volkwagon's chevy's etc couldn't go. My son's friends with all their FWD cars were dumbfounded when I use to drive by them on an unploughed road.
My '98 Olds Intrigue wasn't a powerhouse by any means with maybe 200hp tops out of the 3.8L but if you stomped it from a dead stop I'd have very little traction.
The saving grace for a lot of FWD cars is the traction control.
The saving grace for a lot of FWD cars is the traction control.
I'm not going by theory either, we get plenty of snow here. I'm not saying a g-body with weight and posi rear isn't capable, I know better, but a lot of fwd with out any help are just as capable. Besides the main debate here is talking about racing on dry pavement.
An example of my original statement. Take my 2.5 4 speed citation, couldn't spin a tire. My 2.5 s10 on the other hand could. There was hardly any weight transfer on the citation to try to unload the tires.
An example of my original statement. Take my 2.5 4 speed citation, couldn't spin a tire. My 2.5 s10 on the other hand could. There was hardly any weight transfer on the citation to try to unload the tires.
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