FWD verses AWD

[mikecg]

I posted this in Chris' Garage, but I'm not sure that spot is still active, so here it is again.

Ok, I have a 94 L. FWD

heres a list of questions I've be pondering.

1) does the FWD use the same Tranny as the AWD?

2) is the FWD tranny as prone to break down as in the AWD, or is it under less stress and therefor lasts longer?

3) Does the FWD have the same problem with wheel bearings as AWD models?

4) How do I determine what manual trannies I could use if I desided to do a manual conversion (I think I should have a few options that the AWD's don't, i.e. Nisson trannies)

and lastly
5) were can I find out how many FWD models were produced? I figure there were only a couple of years that FWD's were made, so only about 1/4 of the 25,000 made could be FWDs.

Any help here is apprieciated