TTV6+AWD or FI-V8

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/2016...the-new-pirelli-world-challenge-s550-mustang/

Posted in the wrong section before. There are whispers it may be 3.5 EB.

Newedge713 said:

the pole says nobody want's a AWD GT500 Get over it all ready AWD not the end all be all

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That's a misnomer.

The poll excludes the v8 AWD option.

What the poll is showing is that EVEN WITH AWD, nobody wants a v6 in the top dog Mustang.

68fbjjz109 said:

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/2016...the-new-pirelli-world-challenge-s550-mustang/

Posted in the wrong section before. There are whispers it may be 3.5 EB.

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No thanks.

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/2016/04/15/no-67-ford-gt-catches-fire-during-fp1-in-long-beach/

It doesn't state the cause. Plenty of 3.5L running around and not burning cars to the ground. To include the Gen II version in the Raptor test mules.

Sorry shit like that happens in racing. There is nowhere near the same type of validation that happens on a production vehicle. Especially in a vehicle that isn't even out yet.

AWD can be useful in certain situations, and with full torque vectoring can help improve the performance of a vehicle. So, there are some advantages.

However, there are also disadvantages. Obviously AWD will add weight over the same car with RWD. Depending on the drivetrain layout, that weight will likely be between 100 and 200 lbs. AWD typically reduces steering feel and potentially adds torque steer. It also increases drivetrain losses.

IMO a well set-up RWD car is better all around than an AWD car because it maintains a level of organic handling that can get lost on AWD versions. That of course is not always the case, but in general RWD has a better set of tradeoffs IMO.

On a related note, I read somewhere that the GT-R is actually fastest when it is able transfer 100% of the power to the rear wheels. In fact, that is what its launch control system attempts to do (according to this article I read). The person posting it had data logs to back it, and I guess it makes sense when you flip it around and realize that due to weight transfer the rear wheels will always have more grip than the fronts. Therefore any time you a pulling power from the rear and adding it the front you are losing potential traction. Of course when the rears are slipping you still do gain some acceleration by sending the "unused" power forward.

In any case, the AWD advantage in the GT-R was usually less that something like 10% of the power. Still something when talking 500 HP (that's an extra 50 hp you can put down), but it's not like you are gaining huge amounts of traction. For lots of the very hard launching cars, it is the automated clutches and dual clutches that allow an extremely well controlled torque delivery on launch, as well as the very quick shifts.

IMO AWD is overrated except for things like off-roading where the extra traction is much more necessary.

-T