|
i have played with the FWD fuse a bit
I experimented with mine a few times in the past. Each for a considerable amount of time.
When putting the fuse into an AWD SVX it does lower gas mileage slightly. On the highway I was getting about 25 mpg in AWD mode and that dropped to like 23.5 in FWD. Not that big a loss there. City was a little more. I get 21 city and it dropped to 18 in FWD.
THe biggest difference that i noticed was in the heat that the tranny produced. I have a temp guage on my tranny along with a B&M supercooler. In the summertime my temp ranges from 160-180. When i put it in FWD mode it went to 180-200!
Marisa's SVX had a temp gauge in hers as well before we put the aftermarket cooler in it. Her SVX ran with the stock cooler from 200-220 but in FWD mode it shot up to 220-235ish. WAAAAYYYYYYY too hot to maintain. She made me put it back into AWD immediately (once she found out i was experimenting with her SVX lol)
Anyway, thats what i noticed when playing with the FWD fuse. Its good for short amounts of time but i wouldn't use it long term because of the heat it generates. I don't know why it runs hotter but it does. Can anyone explain why that is?
~Ray
__________________
'93 LS-L named "Samantha Victoria Xavier"...Sam for short.
All new and improved custom built engine with forged internals, lowered compression, upgraded cams and a stage III supercharger. AMR Engineering struts, Custom exhaust --All 3 Subaru cats removed, and replaced with 2 high flow mustang cats-- Cross-drilled & Slotted rotors, steel braided brake lines, bypassed stock Tranny cooler replaced with aftermarket B&M super-cooler, and a K&N drop in air filter.
|