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Originally Posted by TorontoNat
More grip, yes. However with a small increase the gain is offset by the extra weight an AWD system comes with, not to mention the power loss in drivetrain to four wheels instead of two.
Weight still trumps all. A semi truck has 1500+tq driven by 6 wheels usually... Just to show you can have all the grip and torque in the world it means nothing if weight is not factored into the equation.
Apologies for the negative opening line in my last post. Intentions were only to clarify that hp and tq are false metrics without weight factored in regards to speed.
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I agree with your conclusion but I don't agree with your supporting statements at all. Awd cars do more with less in a straight line all the time and the semi argument is silly since the situation (power aside) is so different. A semi has about a dozen shifts before sixty and redlines just over a cold idle for a gas car. How much power would it take to get an frs to match a gtr 0-60?