You are exactly correct! Brice
-----Original Message----- From: Brian Wicks [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 9:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Clutch Query & Bodywork Sorry no speedvision here so I miss the WRC Coverage in person. I follow along on the Rally-L List. However I'm not talking about WRC rally or US Prorally when I make that Example, naturally in those open situations an 4WD will beat a FWD car. You'll note elsewhere in my post that I make an example (perhaps poorly stated) where a FWD VW (Jon Nichols) will sometimes place up among the 4WD cars. He runs mostly canadian and some US rallies. He does it with a VERY well prepared and driven car. The example I was making was that many 4WD cars will not turn in as easily as a FWD car will, on really tight and twisty courses the 4WD advantage can be neutralized by this and a FWD can be very competative in THAT Situation, As soon as the course opens up or with more sweepers the 4WD's ability to better put the power down will take over. I don't know where you are located but if you get the chance, upper NY, Michigan, Minnesota etc. all have ice racing programs. If they have a really tight course the FWD's can turn similar times to the 4WD.s RWD's usually aren't in the running. Here's my take on the WRC: On tarmac traction is less of an issue, Weight & HP ratios are more important, hence a FWD car that weights less and turns better than a 4WD can do some serious damage, Once you hit gravel or snow traction becomes a major issue which is where 4WD's strength's come into play. Weight & HP are still important factors but meaningless if you can't apply them. so the FWD's that weigh less and make decent power At 10:43 AM 1/26/00 -0600, you wrote: > >> Even more extreme is Ice Racing, On a tight and twisty course a good >FWD can actually beat the 4WD cars thru the turns, not so with a RWD >car.<< > >WRONG! Did you watch the WRC season? You have just the opposite of what >really happens; on tarmac, the FWD cars SMOKE the AWD cars. So bad so that >the other drivers complain about it. However, I don't think the FWD cars >even compete in the WRC stuff at the snowy locations at the beginning of the >season. > >Brice - Brian Wicks www.vicon.net/~bvw 88 16V GTI G2 86 16V GTI EP 87 Quantum Syncro Wagon HS _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
