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Old 08-31-2006, 09:07 PM
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Newbe AWD Question

Hi there guys

Okay so as I understand it the normal operation of my car sends 90% of the power to the front and 10% to the rear. Personally I would rather have it the other way around as I much prefer rear wheel drive.

So.

1) Is this correct?
2) How and when does the car send more power to the rear.
3) If I upgrade to a 5 speed WRX trans in the future does it operate the same way?
4) Does the car actually have some form of active torque distrubution or does it just sense slip via the ABS sensors.

I am total noob here so any help would be appreciated.

Thank in advance

Tony
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Old 08-31-2006, 09:17 PM
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Hi there guys

Okay so as I understand it the normal operation of my car sends 90% of the power to the front and 10% to the rear. Personally I would rather have it the other way around as I much prefer rear wheel drive.

So.

1) Is this correct?
2) How and when does the car send more power to the rear.
3) If I upgrade to a 5 speed WRX trans in the future does it operate the same way?
4) Does the car actually have some form of active torque distrubution or does it just sense slip via the ABS sensors.

I am total noob here so any help would be appreciated.

Thank in advance

Tony
Tony, first off, welcome to the SVX world. As for your questions:
1. Yes you are corect, the stock 4EAT has a 90/10 split.
2. It transfer up to 50/50 when the fronts slip.
3. The WRX 5MT is 50/50 all the time. The STi 6MT depending on the year is 35/65 w/o the DCCD hooked up (What I have)
4. As far as I know, we don't have the VTD set up on our rides.

Hope that helps!
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Old 08-31-2006, 09:45 PM
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Tony, first off, welcome to the SVX world. As for your questions:
1. Yes you are correct, the stock 4EAT has a 90/10 split.
2. It transfer up to 50/50 when the fronts slip.
3. The WRX 5MT is 50/50 all the time. The STi 6MT depending on the year is 35/65 w/o the DCCD hooked up (What I have)
4. As far as I know, we don't have the VTD set up on our rides.

Hope that helps!
Ditto on all of that. A few people with 4EAT's on Legacies have wired in switches to make their cars 50/50 (as it's a voltage that makes the solenoid go 50/50). You can get the car in 50/50 in 1st, but that's not really useful unless you're going really low speeds.
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Old 09-03-2006, 11:27 PM
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I always wondered if you could tap into that wire and adjust the signal it sends to PCM, any word on how you can trick the computer to give you 50/50 power? That would sure be nice for autocross!
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