Getting ready for the RR

alexthecheese · 3 Nov 2006 at 16:19

Because it's a more direct output of power when it's mid-engine RWD, as opposed to the squashed fiddly FWD?

Haven't a clue really, kinda sounds right though?

Entai · 3 Nov 2006 at 16:19

austinpowers said:
What difference does steering make? It's transmisson loss after all and most mid engined and rwd cars have cv joints.

Different sort of joint as the rear wheels in a mid engined car do not need to steer around corners like the front wheels in a fwd car.

Also often the whole gearbox and diff are different units from those used in fwd so the losses would be different.

L0rdMike · 3 Nov 2006 at 22:22

[TW]Fox said:
Why is there nearly 100bhp of transmission loss? I thought mid engine rear drive was about the most efficient you could get?

Yes thats right I faked it and drew the line in paint and edited the fly figure. :rolleyes:

Jonnycoupe · 4 Nov 2006 at 17:39

Gibbo said:
You are right Fox a mid-engine RWD car has the fewest tranmission losses, I think its something around the 10% area. FWD cars lose approx 12%, RWD approx 15% and AWD/4WD lose approx 20-25% I think.

A mid engine car is a FWD just with the seats in front of the engine. No difference to the drivetrain.

TomO · 4 Nov 2006 at 17:56

Jonnycoupe said:
A mid engine car is a FWD just with the seats in front of the engine. No difference to the drivetrain.

do you mean front engined?

Jonnycoupe · 4 Nov 2006 at 18:00

Well yeah i was making the rather generalistic assumption that most FWD cars are front engine, because they are