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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
Show me some evidence............any evidence...........that a 4wd vehicle can perform better than a Rwd vehicle at the cornering limit.
I define the cornering limit at the precise speed and angle of turn whereby any additional applied torque to the axle or any further increase in the angle of turn or any additional speed will cause the tire to slide on the surface rather than roll.
You cannot provide any evidence because there isn't any. The only possibility of a 4wd vehicle "cornering better" than a 2wd vehicle is when the vehicle is below the cornering limit and the tire has the capability of accepting torque without sliding. I deliberately wrote "cornering better" in quotation marks because most folks, such as yourself, believe the vehicle is cornering better, when, in reality, it's simply going faster through the turn than an equivalent 2wd vehicle because it is not at its cornering limit.
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Isn't "going faster through the turn than an equivalent 2wd vehicle" the very definition of better handling?
I maintain that all else being equal, ie: tires, vehicle weight, driver competence, horsepower, road surface...the 2wd vehicle will reach it's cornering limit at a lower speed than the awd vehicle. I agree that in the mitts of a blundering cretin awd merely serves to increase the speed at which the vehicle gets into trouble. But in the hands of a competent driver awd provides better handling and stability than an equivalent 2wd vehicle on virtually any surface.