92 Fwd?

Mensaf · #1 11-15-2008, 11:35 AM

I know that Subaru auto trannies aren't exactly AWD (90/10 split :|), but wouldn't it switch to 50/50 in the wet? It was raining last night, and I was curious about how it'd launch, being a heavy AWD and all, but it spun the front tires for a few feet. Is this normal? I popped the trunk and checked that FWD fuse thing. No fuse was there, but the thing surrounding it looked weird (maybe oxidized because no fuse was ever in there?).

I dunno, I just want to make sure I'm not running on FWD or something.

ensteele · #2 11-15-2008, 01:01 PM

Well, you are looking in the wrong place for the fuse. It would be in the fuse box under the hood on the drivers side. I don't know what you were looking at in the trunk.

Mensaf · #3 11-15-2008, 04:38 PM

^That's what I mean, lol. I was doing something else in the trunk (the gasket replacement from an earlier thread).

1986nate · #4 11-15-2008, 06:23 PM

When I've taken mine out in the rain and punched it it will spin the front tires for a few feet and then you can feel the power to the rear tires "kick in".

Mensaf · #5 11-15-2008, 06:55 PM

^Ok, that's exactly what happened with me. This must be an auto tranny only thing. I never experienced this with my GC.

JaySVX · #6 11-15-2008, 09:00 PM

I have a manual trans out of an 03 WRX. 50/50 all the time. I don't know how much of a difference that makes. Last winter I went out and popped the clutch on snow covered roads, and all 4 wheels spun instantly, before quickly catching up and away I went.

Hondasucks · #7 11-16-2008, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 1986nate

When I've taken mine out in the rain and punched it it will spin the front tires for a few feet and then you can feel the power to the rear tires "kick in".

My wife's turbo legacy does the exact same thing, but with hers I somewhat suspect the clutches are worn cuz when I got the car it had 3 different sized tires on it and I have no idea how long he drove it like that...

Funny thing is with the manuals, since it's a viscous coupling, if you get one tire spinning (The only time I ever had it happen was with a tire off the ground), that tire alone will spin until the viscous coupling heats up enough to lock and transfer power to the rear. (No I did not have the car jacked up, I was pulling into my parents' driveway in my old 91 Legacy and got it tweaked just enugh (Driveway goes uphill, off a street that's going downhill) that one front tire came off the ground and started spinning, so I gave it more gas and the coupling locked and the car shot up the driveway.)

Mensaf · #8 11-16-2008, 04:40 AM

I believe what you are describing are worn clutch packs in the diff, as you stated. I'm not 100% sure, but worn diffs on awd cars can make them 1wd or 3wd, assuming you have LSD and not an open diff.

subbieatnz · #9 11-16-2008, 05:21 AM

my svx started to go weird an lil bit. i did an drift round an round about at slow speed.... i never had any of my subarus do that before. my auto was playing up tho. normally in the wet it would always stick and i could never lose traction. normally i could go round that round about with no probs.