Thread: So Much for AWD
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Old 04-18-2013, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Skippy View Post
From looking at some of the posted lap times, it's apparent to me that in order for AWD to present an advantage on clean dry pavement with race rubber, the power to weight ratio needs to be well into supercar territory. Try the same thing on a wet track and I'm sure the results will be different.
Agreed, and there is no doubt AWD has brought domination to rally over RWD. when i autocrossed and it rained half way through the event the AWD cars were so far ahead of everything it was crazy. althought they do have hoosier wets for people running R compounds i am not sure how effective that is vs having an AWD drivetrain there.

But to say AWD is better than RWD in all motorsport is ridiculous.
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