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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 04:18 PM
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Ok so I always here AWD people bitching about launching there cars and how hard it is…. To me I would think its easier to launch a 400 awhp car compared to a 400 fwd hp car just for the fact of all of the spinning of the FWD car

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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 04:34 PM
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it really all depends on the suspension setup i think!
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 04:50 PM
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lets also say suspension is all stock
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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also depends on your pressure plate. strong, sticky pressure plates/clutches on high HP FWDs doesn't work well in my experience. It is better for FWD cars to have pressure plates that can stand the abuse, but that can also slip fairly easily.
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Just Dave
The only reason its hard to launch an AWD car is because all the AWD cars have sissy driveline components that can't take abuse. If they could, launching a car would be as easy as putting a brick on the gas and dumping the clutch. Since AWD's are fragile, its a fine line between launching hard and breaking shit, and bogging.
Bingo. If I had no fear of breaking my tranny it'd be much easier.
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 08:04 PM
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id say whatever car you dont have is the hardest to launch. for a person used to AWD, a FWD car would be a nightmare, and vice versa.
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Old Jan 6, 2006 | 03:57 AM
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I do 6k clutch drops at the track in my AWD Volkswagen and didn't worry about breaking anything. The car took it with ease.
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Old Jan 6, 2006 | 04:43 AM
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I vote for stalled auto RWD...that shit's just impossible
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