FWD Master Race Thread

FWD makes for a safer daily driver. RWD makes for a more fun track car.

Both are good in their own way.

>>17853321
at least, when using RWD, i am dying while not seeing the tree

>>17853321
Idk, Civics are everywhere at my local autocross and perform really well. FWD is also superior for rally.
Please stop the FWD is bad meme

>>17853488
And AWD is superiorer in rally

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>>17853314

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>>17853314
FWD BEST WHEEL DRIVE

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>>17853314

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will anything ever top this

>>17856288
That white paint hnngg. Don't like the debadge though

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>>17856288
one of these with a v6 or an acura tl? whuch would you buy given both are in same condition at the same price

>>17856307
I was dead nuts seriously considering a TL, the deal breaker was that certain parts are actually unique to it, and not just Honda parts bin parts. The TL uses a unique A/C compressor that's some Youtuber said cost $2,300 to replace, whereas a Honda Accords is like $700, and he was all pissed having a faux luxury car. And that goes for other things too, so I figured just stay Honda.

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>>17856345
>>>17856307 (You)
>I was dead nuts seriously considering a TL, the deal breaker was that certain parts are actually unique to it, and not just Honda parts bin parts. The TL uses a unique A/C compressor that's some Youtuber said cost $2,300 to replace, whereas a Honda Accords is like $700, and he was all pissed having a faux luxury car. And that goes for other things too, so I figured just stay Honda.

rly mde me thnk

>>17853323
In this case those horses would be all wheel drive pulling a trailer.

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>>17853314
Well these are FWD and We'd probably starve to death without them so they go that going for them. That's about it.

>>17856345
Yeah if your dumbass has a shop/dealer do it probably lol

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In the year 2002, when I were a middle school child, I had a class where we made Lego robotics vehicles for a drag race. In my head, front wheel drive with a rear "engine" seemed most sensible. Every other team did RWD because it was the simplest construction. My team won the tournament repeatedly. Ever since that day, I've thought that FWD was probably not shit in some applications, but I'm disappointed that RF hasn't been used more.

>>17856895
i can't seem to find a rear engine fwd. show me one sounds interesting

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>>17856921
Only one I've come across

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>>17856950
And Fuller's Dymaxion apparently.

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well there is this V8 RF abomination
can hold 11 passengers and has rear wheel steering its also the gondola of an air ship

aside from its inventor the only person other able to drive it died while doing so
and with dignitary's on board

There are a few theories about chassis building and weight distribution and cornering about how an FWD could exit a corner faster than another optimal RWD or a similar RWD car.

Most of that is because an FWD would have lower weight, or because at low speeds the acceleration and turning without understeering could give you a safe way to press the gas earlier, or because if you slightly lose control an FWD will be a lot more stable and earn speed faster than a RWD losing traction in the rear.


Another thing that /o/ benchracers forget is that even F1 drivers have fears and cannot drive to the edge of the limit all the time. FWD provides a very safe platform to have room to screw up.

>>17856991
They were a prototype. Give Fuller a break. It was about trying out different concepts. Conceptual vehicle. Not the end result that would maybe have been marketed.

>>17857008
>FWD provides a very safe platform to have room to screw up.

Ehhh there's many memering and race video's of fwd's eating shit disproving that. A FWD will snap oversteer at the limit sending you into a tree or understeer, sending you into a tree.

You can't ignore the fact that you can't control the back wheels on a FWD.

>>17857051
The issue about oversteer in an FWD is that retards cant setup their cars right. That's the big difference between a shitty track day FWD and a good one. While they cant oversteer from the throttle they can oversteer from lift off a lot easier. And since even losing grip in the rear can have you losing speed, a good way to set up the FWD is not just to reduce the tendency to understeer but ALSO to reduce the tendency to oversteer. Its a harder balance to get than with an RWD. However its also the reason why expert drivers in well tuned FWD like integras Type R and Civics Type R made some RWD and AWD eat shit in low speed technical circuits in both race and time attacks.

If you get on the throttle too early on a low speed curve on a RWD you are spinning. If you do it on an FWD you understeer, you let off, get a better line and do it again.