Power Loss When Engaged In Awd

[gtrboosting]

Hey guys just a quick question. when the r32 gtr engages in awd do you lose power? for example. Driving hard on a rainy day. or is the awd always engaged on the r32? Thanks

Edited August 20, 2007 by gtrboosting

[Guilt-Toy]

yes there will always be a power loss in 4wd as compared to the same car running rwd. Power dont come for free!

[GTAAAH]

It's not always engaged, you should have a little torquemeter, on the top left of your instrument panel, it's basically RWD then it engages AWD and adjusts the split as it's needed, and yeh you lose power.. but if your talking in the wet then you gain speed

[gtrboosting]

ah i see how much power are we talking about here in full awd? 20kw?

[R31Nismoid]

A GTR isnt full AWD as stated.

Kind of a mute point.

[SECURITY]

power is still there, but once 4wd is engaged the torque is split between the front and back.

its only really useful when you're trying to build momentum off the line or out of a corner. but once you've hit a certain speed then the 4wd is useless unless you've got alot more power than standard.

[MADGT4]

Yeah on a dry day i notice my car would accelerate harder in RWD than in 4WD

Only 160rwkw (GTS4) though so nothing huge but the differance was noticable.

[zertek]

yea i definately noticed this... if it was wet, the AWD was great cause not much wheel spin, but in the dry i hate it... reeeeally slowes me down off the line. Even in RWD with lots of wheel spin id accelerate faster than if AWD was activated.

every car is different so it would be interesting to know a formula to calculate how much power is lost in AWD.

I could imagine it being a tough formula though as the AWD torque varies.