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!!
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To answer your question regarding motors; A V-Twin is a two cylinder engine, where if you look at the engine from the side, forms a V, one to the front, one to the rear. A V4 is a four cylinder motor, where the side view is also a V, but two cylinders to the front, two to the rear. There is no such thing as a V4 in-line engine. And 'in-line four' is also a four cylinder engine, but if the engine is viewed from the side, the cylinders are all side by side, or 'in-line'. Hope this helps.
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 :)
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 pedia'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]
