18 July 2007

Front-Wheel Drive Engines VS Rear- Wheel Drive Engines!!


Thanks for staying tuned to the blogs being posted and all your valuable participation by leaving a comment to it. From the earlier discussion we noticed the Pros and Cons utilizing an used car engine. However, we manage to collect everyone's point of view on those topic based on their own experience faced when dealing with an used engine. Today we will move on to the topic of Front Wheel Drive Engines vs. Rear Wheel Drive Engines. Most people today feel that front- wheel drive cars were the efficient, sophisticated wave of future. For front- wheel drive cars there isn't the need for a driveshaft connecting the engine in front with the rear wheels and therefore it saves space. The entire drivetrain can be packed into a neat compartment in the front, leaving the rest of the car's volume for passengers and cargo. Plus, front-drive cars have better traction in slippery conditions (in part because the weight of the engine is on top of the wheels that are providing the power). However, there are some individuals who still feel that cars with rear-wheel drive engines are more fun to drive with. The reason why those individual feel in that way is simply because a rear-wheel drive car gives them more balance, center of gravity, "torque steer", weight shift and in addition enables the car with "oversteer" and the semi-orgasmic lock-in effect. To keep the argument on this topic more heated up, I'm sure you guys have a broader understanding on this. So people, keep posting your comments on this and lets see what's the outcome like at the end of this post. Cheers. Nivin




4 comments:

Jason h said...

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Deenendra said...

In my opinion I agree that Front- Wheel drive vehicles are better. Certain laws of physics proves this.

Firstly, in terms of force & kinematics, more force & energy is spent to push an object than to pull an object.A Front-wheel droven vehicle is pulled by its engines forward, while a rear-wheel drive vehicle is pushed towards movement.

Therefore, we can conclude that lesser energy is used up to power a front-wheel drive vehicle than a rear-wheel drive vehicle.

In other words, that is in economical terms, we save on petrol when we use a front wheel drive vehicle.

At the same time, as you Mr.Nivin had said earlier, front-wheel drive vehicles do not need a drive shaft to transmit power to the rear tyres. Again, energy is saven as energy is not wasted from the transmission of energy behind.

Safety always comes first when a vehicle is used, so the front-wheel drive vehicle is better.

Mr.Nivin I'm really looking forward to more interesting posts & topics in this forum.

I suggest that u discuss about manual transmission & automatic transmission type of engines in ur next post & how do they function.

All the best Mr.Nivin...

Anonymous said...

yo i think the rear wheel drive cars are for drift if im not wrong hahaha alrite i love drifting man so wouldn't be a problem dude anyways you got a very good information on the blog i like it man nice pics n details dude alrite nivin im off.

Anonymous said...

Hey,about the front wheel, rear wheel stuff.If you say, there's more stability for the front wheel drive, i have something to say about it. For front wheel drive cars, there's too many parts connected to the wheels since the front wheels does the maneuvering work.And hence, a situation when the tires skids, the car will be pulled to the side because of the force probably from the water,let say.And plus with the force from the engine, things might get even worse, at times.That's when rear wheel drive takes its pride.It tries its best to remain stable when the front wheels skids and hence it's more safer.Even with electronic traction control or what so ever, i feel rear wheel drive is much safer.