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Originally Posted by zr1fan
Another odd thing to say. Have you ever owned a FWD car? If you had, I suspect you've had to change the rear tires on it. 
The rear wheels on a FWD car do all the same things they do on a RWD except put power to the ground. They carry weight, brake, and apply cornering force.
As far as wasteful, FWD cars generally speaking have less powertrain loss. The trannies are generally more compact, and they don't have the extra weight of the driveshaft.
To flip your point, why place all the weight at the rear of the car? The fronts do the turning and braking. Your car has a 38/62 weight bias, right? That's probably more uneven than most FWD cars. Why place all that weight at the rear of the car? Is it to better put the brutal 133lb-ft of torque to the ground? |
My my, reading is fundamental, Mickey Kaus said it far better than I could so I'll let you read his article, if you like:
http://www.slate.com/id/2081194
Now as far as why weight is over the rear of the car in 111's? Amongst other reasons, I'd imagine this is to allow the weight to shift over the drive wheels during acceleration. But then again I'm no Lotus (
nor Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bugatti, McLaren) chassis or drivetrain engineer, perhaps you should start a letter writing campaign to all those companies and tell them they've got it back@sswards and that clearly FWD is superior for performance and that even the "knuckleheads" in F1 have it wrong! (
Good luck with that, BTW, please do keep us updated with your progress)
Ever watch a FWD car shift it's weight backwards over the training wheels from a standing start and have to work to supress a giggle? I do, almost everyday
[SHAMELESS_AD_HOMINEM_ATTACK]Really, for someone who is a self-proclaimed ZR1 fan, you sure sound like a bleeding heart FWD activist
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