Please tell me the difference between Rear wheel and Front wheel drive?

Question

i really wanan know whats the difference, some people say rear wheel drives better, or front wheel drives for inexperienced drivers. I really wanna know whats the difference and whats better! lol coz my r33 skyline is rear wheel drive and i nearly lost it around the roundabout that last rainy day!!

Answer 1

First of im not sure how detailed you want this answer to be but ill give you a breif overview :

FWD- basically the engine sends power to the front two wheels.
This results is UNDERSTEER meaning when you try to turn left and you take the corner too fast, you will end up turning wide. Feels like ure not turning at all, feels like ure going striaght even though the wheels are turned left. Why? because the front wheels lose friction/grip and so the the tire cannot grip the road and turn the front of the car left. So the back of the car goes straight since it has grip which pushes the front of the car which has no grip forward instead of into the left corner.
FWD cars are safer due to understeer because if u turn left and the car doesnt turn, all u have to do is slow down brake and the front wheel will start to regain grip and start to turn again. Which is why for example the toyoto corolla is FWD and understeers.
Also FWD are cheaper and more spacious cause you mount the engine on the front wheel compared to a RWD where u have engine front and have components running to the back two wheels, meaning more maintenance and harder to build.

RWD- The engine sends power to the rear two wheels pushing the car.
Hence the car OVERSTEERS, meaning when u turn left and go into the corner too fast the car will turn too much. This causes the car to spin, because ure rear wheels lose grip but the front wheels are turned the the left which have grip causing the back of the car which lost grip to move forward while the front of the car go left because its turning and has grip. This will lead to a spin towards the left and spin outta control where the back of the car comes out. Which is what i believe happend to you.
RWD is more dangerous and also alot of fun because if u oversteer meaning u turn left and the back of the car comes out and the car starts to spin an average driver will not be able to regain control. BUT if your an experienced driver when you turn left and the car starts to spin you can counter steer (as the back comes out instead of turning left start turning right) and drift around the corner so to speak which is why experienced drivers prefer RWD because its alot of fun! Which is why a corvette is RWD because u can drift and power slide, but if u are inexperienced u can also get yourself in a serous accident.

For racing RWD is used cause you can have 50/50 weight dsitribution balancing the car instead of having the car front heavy as in a FWD. In a sports car u want a balanced car so that all the wheels have equal weight on them and a RWD drive can acheive that better than a fwd car.

4WD/AWD-The engine can send power to all four wheels. So if you have a skyline GTR R33 for instance which has AWD, primarily power is sent to the rear wheels, but if the car starts to over steer the ATTESA-ETS will send power to the front wheels to counter the oversteer and induce understeer, which is why the Skyline GTR series is so famous. Making AWD cars to have wat people say neutral steering.

(Remind you, understeer, oversteer and neutral also depend on suspension design, weight distribution etc. So we cannot say all FWD cars must understeer or all RWD car must oversteer. In fact, car makers usually design the suspension geometry to compensate for oversteer or understeer generated by FWD / RWD and weight distribution. But in general FWD cars understeer and RWD cars oversteer)

Answer 2

Rear wheel drive is where your rear wheels move your vehicle. Front wheel drive is where your front wheels move your vehicle.
4Wheel drive is where all four wheels move your vehicle.

Which is better depends on the driver. There are arguments either way. The best way to determine for yourself is to test drive them. I'm happy with rear wheel drive, though tests have shown front wheel drive to be safer.

If your tires are in good condition and not the problem you can still look into better tires that help prevent skiding.

Here is Wikipedia's technical description and link below:

Front-wheel drive is the most common form of engine/transmission layout used in modern passenger cars, where the engine drives the front wheels. Most front-wheel drive vehicles today feature transverse engine mounting, where as in past decades engines were mostly positioned longitudinally instead. Rear-wheel drive was the traditional standard and is still widely used in luxury cars, most sport cars, and trucks. Four-wheel drive is also sometimes used.

The vast majority of rear wheel drive vehicles use a longitudinally-mounted engine in the front of the vehicle, driving the rear wheels via a driveshaft linked via a differential between the rear axles. Some FR layout vehicles place the transmission at the rear, though most attach it to the engine at the front.

Rear wheel drive has fallen out of favor in passenger cars since the 1980s[citation needed], due in part to higher manufacturing costs, and that front wheel drive is safer to drive[1], and that it performs better on slippery roads.[2][3] However, some automobile brands, including Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche continue to use rear wheel drive platforms. Rear wheel drive (or all-wheel drive) is still the preferred choice for high performance automobiles.[4]

Answer 3

Besides the obvious fact that your engine is powering the front wheels with one and the rear wheels with the other?

rear wheel drive is considered better for sports cars and for racing. This is because you can actually use the power of the car to push the rear end of the car around when you are going around a sharp corner. In a front wheel drive car if you apply power going around a corner you will "understeer" or basicaly plow forward and not really turn. rear wheel drive is also better for drag racing as when you launch the car, the weight is shifted backwards and it pushes down on the back wheels giving you more traction. FWD cars have alot of trouble launching when they are drag racing because the weight is lifted off of the front wheels.

With that said"
FWD is better in virtually all other circumstances. It's more stable and it's much harder to lose control with. The front wheels turn and pull in the same direction and the weight of the engine is also sitting on top of the front wheels which can give you better traction in the rain and snow.

In short, rear wheel drive is better for racing and front wheel drive is better for "normal" driving conditions.
Of course, you could have the best of both worlds and get all wheel drive.. :)

Answer 4

In a rear wheel drive the back wheels push the vehicle around. In a front wheel drive the front wheels pull the vehicle along. If you want maximum control, then get an all wheel drive and all four wheels push and pull you along. Subaru, Volvo and Audi are some of the auto makers with all wheel drive vehicles.

Answer 5

The difference in FWD and RWD is exactly that the wheels that propel the vehicle forward and backward. RWD is on all pickup trucks and vehicles that are going to haul more than 50 pounds of groceries at a time. With just RWD you have to be aware that if you are turning and the centripetal force is pulling you away from the way you are turning if you do not have good traction for example: bad tires snow/ice and even rain your rear end is going to want to go in the direction you just were. With FWD you have to be aware that you are pulling the car with the front wheels instead of pushing with a RWD. So instead of having the rear end sliding out around corners if you have bad tires in the snow/ice and even rain with the FWD your going to try to turn and will keep going straight instead of going where your going. For myself I would recommend having a 4x4 to where you could get the best or the worst of both worlds of a FWD and a RWD.

Answer 6

Back Wheel Drive

Answer 7

A front wheel drive, front engine mounted car can have many advantages. Front wheel drive cars tend to get better gas mileage due to less drive components than a rear wheel drive. More importantly however, front wheel drive cars are almost always preferred in less than Ideal driving conditions such as snow and rain in your case. This is because there is more downward force by the weight of the engine on the front drive wheels, thus allowing for greater traction and control.

One disadvantage of front wheel drive vehicles however is the wear on the constant velocity (CV) joints. They tend to wear out much sooner than the universal joints used in rear wheel drive cars.

Rear wheel drive cars are usually preferred by more experienced drivers. They offer better handling in ideal or dry driving conditions when the car is driven properly. The main disadvantage of rear wheel drive is the common loss of control and fishtailing due to smaller rear down force.

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Please tell me the difference between Rear wheel and Front wheel drive?
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