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Absolutely not, you can’t change direction without grip - angular momentum and weight are what cause lateral loads, after all. The thing is, AWD makes it easie
by snuxoll 6y ago
Absolutely not, you can’t change direction without grip - angular momentum and weight are what cause lateral loads, after all.
The thing is, AWD makes it easier to get going by letting you put engine torque through all four tires. The same set of tires has the same mechanical grip regardless of how many wheels are driven, so if a FWD car would spin taking a corner at X speed due to lateral load so will your AWD car (and the AWD will have an easier time doing it).
- Gibbon1 6y agoAgain: You're treating lateral forces and traction forces as independent variables.