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- AWD or FWD - General Discussion - Car Talk Community
FWD takes over to deliver the efficient performance you expect from the new Rogue If slippery conditions or a loss of traction are detected, AWD kicks in immediately to deliver excess power to the wheels that do have a good grip This keeps you moving forward and prevents wheel spin
- Why no FWD pickup? - Maintenance Repairs - Car Talk Community
With a FWD truck putting weight in the far back could decrease traction in front and make for a truck that slipped going up Hills and handled badly AND makes a lot of sense for trucks, but adds cost and weight The little VW and Dodge Plymouth FWD trucks sold in very modest numbers, though I recall the VW being popular with gardening services
- What happens if you put bigger tires on the back of a fwd car?
I just find out that one of the previous owners put 175 65r15 tires on my used 09 Focus The right size is 195 60r15 So I went to a shop and bought two toyo 195 tires for the back only Then when i get paid ill get the front ones next week I needed to change the rear ones because one was flat and both were in bad shape My work is only like 15m away, will this affect anything since my car is
- Do tires have to match on FWD vehicles? Well, no, of course not, what . . .
The difference between fwd and awd is the type of differential On most awd systems, somewhere in the system is some type of limited slip device, and a different tire will chew that up On most (but not all) fwd cars there is no limited slip device, so two slightly-different sized tires will not result in a quick mechanical failure The diff will have to operate, but that shouldn’t cause too
- AWD vs FWD Limited Slip Differential - Car Talk Community
Traction control is a good and safer compromise as it’s much cheaper to add to a fwd, works nearly as well as limited slip but at the expense of brakes while providing better modulated control for steering on the front AWD though technically still only driving two wheels, but on different axles, is a huge advantage
- Tired of FWD vehicles and the ridiculous negative rear camber
Ive noticed most native FWD vehicles with independent rear suspension going down the road have an excessive amount of negative rear camber I know that they initially have some built in to try to help the inherently dangerous handling of FWD vehicles The problem is especially once the rear springs settle or wear from the weak rear springs carring even a modest load, that the rear camber
- Converting awd to fwd - Maintenance Repairs - Car Talk Community
FWD or RWD cars and trucks don’t need central differentials, tranfer cases, and a 2nd drive shaft, and a 2nd differential The next loss of mpg is the friction loss of keeping all these parts moving Depending on the type of drive system some have more inherent friction than others
- Why are my front wheels able to spin freely when the car is in park . . .
Wouldn’t putting it in park lock the wheels via the transmission? I hate to be Captain Obvious, but…Are we talking about a car with FWD or one with RWD? If your car has RWD, then it is perfectly normal for the front wheels to be able to spin when you jack up the front end of the car What is the make and model of the car in question?
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