AWD Tips?
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From experiance with my WRX, I would approach turns pretty fast, downshift to 2nd right before snapping the steering wheel to the right or left, and pump the gas to keep the boost up.
Keep a good grip on the steering wheel and DO NOT attempt to countersteer, just pull the steering wheel into the straight/forward position and gas that sucker out of the turn!!!
Boy I had fun with my Subie!
Keep a good grip on the steering wheel and DO NOT attempt to countersteer, just pull the steering wheel into the straight/forward position and gas that sucker out of the turn!!!
Boy I had fun with my Subie!
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From: Ogden
Originally Posted by s2kpdx01,Sep 20 2006, 12:04 PM
OK, let's just stick with this. If the front tires have exceeded their grip levels and the rears haven't how does adding gas (assuming this does not exceed the grip of the rear tires in a RWD car), which will add more speed to car, somehow make the front tires grip?
If you can add enough power to rotate the car around sliding front tires, more power to you, but that's not common. If the front tires are sliding and you add more momentum to the vehicle how are they going to start gripping?
If you can add enough power to rotate the car around sliding front tires, more power to you, but that's not common. If the front tires are sliding and you add more momentum to the vehicle how are they going to start gripping?
I had a 350Z and these properties were completely evident. Unless the car had a substantial amount of G's perpenticular to the car giving it more gas would just make the car plow. I had to always settle the car into turning before having the ability to drive with the throttle, otherwise all I could control was my "plow rate"
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Here check this video out, It's Tiff Needell from 5th gear teaching you 4WD techniques!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nrN4ciLsGoQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nrN4ciLsGoQ
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From: NYSE
Originally Posted by s2k_dreams,Sep 22 2006, 03:24 PM
Here check this video out, It's Tiff Needell from 5th gear teaching you 4WD techniques!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nrN4ciLsGoQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nrN4ciLsGoQ
He makes AWD drifting look so easy.
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From: sicklerville
Originally Posted by curiouz_G,Sep 19 2006, 02:27 PM
dont newer models of Evo's and STI's have different power distributions now so its more similar to a RWD car with more power being sent back to the rear wheels? or was that SH-AWD i was reading about...
(Former WRX, and STI owner)
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[QUOTE=S2000380,Sep 24 2006, 02:12 PM] This is true my friend, STI was mostly RWD assisted by the Front wheels, where the Evo is more of a FWD assisted by their computerized gadgets RWD.
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From: Orange County, CA
Originally Posted by Saki GT,Sep 22 2006, 08:13 PM
I don't think I want to take his driving advice for driving my cars - tires are too expensive.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=n7JQvCEOHXo
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From: Queen City, NC
Originally Posted by s2kpdx01,Sep 24 2006, 04:48 PM
huh? the wrx pushes like crazy? it's nothing like driving a rwd car. I can't comment on the sti as I haven't driven one. My evo is a ton more neutral then my friend's wrx. I would like to drive an STI to compare, but I have heard that it pushes badly too. The evo is definetly understeer biased, but the wrx is much moreso.
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