4wd Driving Styles

soopachargen · Post by **soopachargen** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:32 pm

Just curious since my main driving experience is in my supercharged front drive rolla, i'm quite keen on a 4wd turbo hatch and I'm wondering what a 4wd is like to drive quick in comparison to a fwd.

dotdog · Post by **dotdog** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:03 pm

I used to have a GTiR, and that thing understeered worse than my fwd turbo starlet. It had shocking understeer, but other than that it handled pirtty mint with the tein suspension

2001 Toyota Gaia · Post by **BlakJak** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:03 pm

Understeer is an issue, but you learn to counter that.
4WD is useful when traction is questionable; wet grass, gravel etc - 4wd ftw.

Its nice to know that you'll rarely if ever actually lose grip. As long as you drive to the conditions that is.

GTRgod · Post by **GTRgod** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:21 pm

dotdog wrote:I used to have a GTiR, and that thing understeered worse than my fwd turbo starlet. It had shocking understeer, but other than that it handled pirtty mint with the tein suspension

Really? I used to have one too and mine used to oversteer far more than understeer... strange. Depends on the setup and driving style I guess.

- Buy it, you`ll love it.

escortman · Post by **escortman** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:26 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QldmVzSP ... t%20escort
most people iv spoken to have also said if u go hard into a corner in 4wd u get oversteer but all depends on conditions

AJz · Post by **AJz** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:44 pm

brilliant in the wet, especially with decent rubber.

soopachargen · Post by **soopachargen** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:47 pm

i have a fear of wet roads so im more concerned about going quick on the odd sealed twisty quiet back road

mr pad · Post by **mr pad** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:11 pm

You tend to not get lift off oversteer as easily as most fwd's... they tend to sledge a bit more. But weight shifting in the wet can be much more fun

What sort of car are you looking at?

soopachargen · Post by **soopachargen** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:14 pm

ee9* corolla :twisted:

IH8TEC · Post by **IH8TEC** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:05 pm

escortman wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QldmVzSP5SA&search=4wd%20drift%20escort
most people iv spoken to have also said if u go hard into a corner in 4wd u get oversteer but all depends on conditions

damn thats cool, always had a thing for those escorts, i wonder what happened to that white one that was in performance car years ago,

Ako · Post by **Ako** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:07 pm

High powered 4WD = bucketloads of fun, oversteer is the norm unless you can manage to get some sledging going (bad thing). Depends on the car what the characteristics will be really - if there are LSD's at front, rear, or both makes a BIG difference to how they drive. I've got viscous centre and rear LSD's and its more than enough fun.

Low powered 4WD = sucks no matter what. Can't lose traction, pretty much handles like a FWD but heavier, and can go off road.

escortman · Post by **escortman** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:15 pm

im looking at gettin a 1989 model vr4 jus so i can put the power down, wat diffs do these come standard with

4ageman · Post by **4ageman** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:43 pm

89 VR4's have LSD centre diff but open front and rear diff's

fuel · Post by **fuel** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:06 pm

4ageman wrote:89 VR4's have LSD centre diff but open front and rear diff's

Some have mechanical LSDs at the rear. Depends which model you get.

Mr. Mainstream · Post by **Mr. Mainstream** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:26 am

Get a 4WD 323

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Put a LSD in the rear and you away laughing

10k 20v · Post by **10k 20v** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:16 pm

if it ain't turbo it ain't worth it

Mr. Mainstream · Post by **Mr. Mainstream** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:14 am

10k 20v wrote:if it ain't turbo it ain't worth it

i dunno, those 4WD Subaru Justys are fun at the river :lol: