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What is the point of going over 300bhp on a front wheel drive?
big eck:
I have over 370bhp through my front wheels and it puts the power down well. In the wet, coming out of corners (unless you have a good diff) and standing starts does 4wd come into its own. Once rolling a 4wd car with equal power is actually a bit slower.
jonnym:
--- Quote from: big eck on March 16, 2014, 02:36:47 pm ---I have over 370bhp through my front wheels and it puts the power down well. In the wet, coming out of corners (unless you have a good diff) and standing starts does 4wd come into its own. Once rolling a 4wd car with equal power is actually a bit slower.
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This! Friend has a scooby, he wins off the line even with my diff etc etc. However he admits I do pull on him mid range and leave him top end. He's running 10 bhp than me at 370, but same torque.
Hurdy:
This is why with 4WD you just simply add more power that a Fwd wouldn't be able to cope with. :wink:
GrayMK5GTI:
My thoughts are a 300bhp GTI with WALK (or equivalent), engine mounts, decent tyres (GY F1's), lowered and importantly: LINEAR THROTTLE MAPPING, would be great fun to drive. Even better with LSD!
You could use most of the power most of the time and have a lot of fun whilst doing so :driver:
The Golf R and S3 as standard are very "safe" but not very exciting, 260ish bhp is EASY for the 4WD system to handle day to day so you need to ramp it up to high 300's or into the 400bhp range to liven it up, get the tail out etc :happy2:
Wardy91-ed30:
--- Quote from: GrayMK5GTI on March 16, 2014, 06:53:56 pm ---My thoughts are a 300bhp GTI with WALK (or equivalent), engine mounts, decent tyres (GY F1's), lowered and importantly: LINEAR THROTTLE MAPPING, would be great fun to drive. Even better with LSD!
You could use most of the power most of the time and have a lot of fun whilst doing so :driver:
The Golf R and S3 as standard are very "safe" but not very exciting, 260ish bhp is EASY for the 4WD system to handle day to day so you need to ramp it up to high 300's or into the 400bhp range to liven it up, get the tail out etc :happy2:
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Exactly. Or in hurdys case...500+ :grin:
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