the better question is why... Why would you?

 

Better for drags because of the weight maybe, go hear it's a awd here in MN osofastracing.com

 

whats better for drags? rwd? awd isnt even that good for drag. we had a teacher who liked cars so he gave us a project to take a car and find the best takeoff setup. we spent a few weeks and used the schools cars for testing. the awd has a better 60' but gennerally the added weight and drivetrain loss hurts the top end.

 

Yeah the awd will pull ahead at the beginning but then the rwd will catch up fairly quick.

 

im still confused on why you would make it rwd...

 

Another reason(and probably most often overlooked reason) is drivetrain loss. Full time AWD like the DSM's and scooby's suck up power ALL the time. So if the engine is making 300hp, the drivetrain is soaking up about 20%. RWDs don't soak up as much power, prolly only 12-15%, and FWDS soak up the least amount, sometimes as little as 5% depending on manufacturer technology. Manufacturer's are aware of this and quite a few have developed AWD systems that give a 50/50 torque split front and rear when needed. Of course they'd put this technology only on their flagship cars, or major sports cars. The most popular car, and prolly the best example, is of course the Skyline GTR. During take off, the drivetrain can make the torque split as much as 50:50 front to rear, giving it a good chance of translating all the power to the ground. After take off though, the front wheels don't do much to propel the car since most of the weight has "shifted" to rear, so the wonderful ATTESA System is capable of giving a 1:99 torque split front to rear, effectively making the car RWD and making use of all the weight transfer to gain traction. I think the r32's and r34's can do a 0:100 split, while the r33's are only limited to 1:99......but why am i talking about Nissan's in a Mitsu forum?

I"M NOT CRAZY!!!! GRRRRRR[:@]

 

hey spyder, its ok, were all a little crazy, hehe............

 

crazy??? I was crazy once.... They locked me in a rubber room. It was cold... I died... they buried me... there were worms... Worms Tickle... They drove me crazy... Crazy... I was crazy once.

 

yea, i was crazy, the voices in my head just wont go away......... who are you talkin to?
what, no one........ huh?

 

Makes it a lot faster for drags and for highway racing.