mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
Question for you 4wd guys, something I have never understood, the typical 4 wd vehicle has a open diffy at each end...so in fact you have only a 2 wd vehicle at any given time, given you CAN break the tires loose for any number of reasons.....traction brakes and you have one tire smoking on each end....
what in hell is supposed to be so great about that setup that the simple additon of posi in the rear will not cure??? for instance, in a vette with 50-50 weight dist.....or like my 3/4 ton work vans....a large % on the rear especially with 500000 lbs of junk in it.....
I always had that basic question I don't understand the usefullness of the typical 4 wd setup, I can understand for like mountaineering but for typical flatter land use, I can't.....
and a huge for instance, was a guy ;pulling his boat at a ramp, had a typical 4 wd pickup, and could not get his boat outta the water, one on each end a smoking, and just setting there, had to get someone else to hitch him up and pull him outta there.....
while without even a pier between us, me and my old Goat convertible got up the same ramp with similar boat and posi.....no sweat, not even spun a wheel....
which made me wonder, WTF????
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what in hell is supposed to be so great about that setup that the simple additon of posi in the rear will not cure??? for instance, in a vette with 50-50 weight dist.....or like my 3/4 ton work vans....a large % on the rear especially with 500000 lbs of junk in it.....
I always had that basic question I don't understand the usefullness of the typical 4 wd setup, I can understand for like mountaineering but for typical flatter land use, I can't.....
and a huge for instance, was a guy ;pulling his boat at a ramp, had a typical 4 wd pickup, and could not get his boat outta the water, one on each end a smoking, and just setting there, had to get someone else to hitch him up and pull him outta there.....
while without even a pier between us, me and my old Goat convertible got up the same ramp with similar boat and posi.....no sweat, not even spun a wheel....
which made me wonder, WTF????
:lol: