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[mh_trigger]

Im expecting some funny comments to this but im genuinely torn.......im puttin a 2.5v6 into a corsa and i was gonna do it fwd........but people keep planting seeds for rwd........hmmm.....what shall i do peeps? :-?

[smithpa7]

Im expecting some funny comments to this but im genuinely torn.......im puttin a 2.5v6 into a corsa and i was gonna do it fwd........but people keep planting seeds for rwd........hmmm.....what shall i do peeps? :-?

A small RWD car with a lot of power is fantastic fun on the twisties. I would always be my choice 8-) 8-)

[Omegatoy]

would always vote rwd having never owned a wrongwheel drive car!!
However do frequent a lot of tuning/customising forums etc, and have to say there are a load of corsa,s/cavaliers/vectra,s etc etc out there with v6 in driving f.wheels, so why not be different from the sheep and do it correct wheel drive? far more fun very different, and a member of a very select club!! 

[Del Boy]

I owned for a short while a BMW 120d, that had 163 BHP and was RWD, it's probably one of the cars I've had most fun in, in a very long time 

Go RWD 

[mh_trigger]

hmmmmm....if i do rwd then.......how much work am i gonna have to do........gonna have to build a tunnel for the prop for a start! :-/

[cem_devecioglu]

have seen some rwd small cars with high power done by mechanics , but they were very hard to control as they lack in necessary weight.. :-/

one example was a small fiat with a 200 hp 1.8t passat engine with rwd ..  :-? thingy never goes straight 

[geoffr70]

respect for contemplating the rear wheel drive option which probably would be more fun. I'm having trouble making a home made tractor rear wheel drive so I bet this must be hard! Crazy torque steer is sometimes a laugh aswell!

[mh_trigger]

have seen some rwd small cars with high power done by mechanics , but they were very hard to control as they lack in necessary weight.. :-/

one example was a small fiat with a 200 hp 1.8t passat engine with rwd ..  :-? thingy never goes straight 

is this a bad thing? :-?

[cem_devecioglu]

another example was the friend mechanics e30
with modded 328 engine.. phew...once you push the accelerator down it become an evil , extremely dangerous and nearly impossible to control it..

imo in those cases LSD is a must..

[Mr Skrunts]

RWD + Plus Loadsa horses = fun.

[mh_trigger]

well this is my main dilemma.......it will be myself (7 years in the trade) and a v.good mate (15 years in trade)building this silly project so i am concerned about the pains we will be faced with!the other is that i wanna be able to drive it.......without dieing

[Martin_1962]

More than 100bhp and FWD becomes more difficult to control.

Talking Vauxhall for example, the old 1.8 Astra GTes were point and squirt, did not handle and felt unsafe. The contempary Senator - well put it this way - I lost a GTe with a 12V 3.0 Senator when I was car delivering on a twisty road.

RWD all the way.

I do feel if you can drive that RWD is lot safer - one thing people forget is lift off oversteer - this is why inferior hot hatches were often found on the inside of tight corners in the hedge, an older superior hot hatch from the likes of Vauxhall and Talbot would be disappearing off into the sunset with the driver pretending he is leading the RAC rally.

As DelBoy said even the BMW 120 Diseasel was fun.

[Mr Skrunts]

well this is my main dilemma.......it will be myself (7 years in the trade) and a v.good mate (15 years in trade)building this silly project so i am concerned about the pains we will be faced with!the other is that i wanna be able to drive it.......without dieing

Thats simple.

Fit proper brakes and suspension that can cope with the power, and use the 2 right hand pedals on the floor accordly.

Plus if all road users abided by the high way code and laws of the land then why should any body die.

[Martin_1962]

FWD lift off oversteer is to me extremely dangerous and is why I always think big engines should drive the back

[Del Boy]

More than 100bhp and FWD becomes more difficult to control.

Talking Vauxhall for example, the old 1.8 Astra GTes were point and squirt, did not handle and felt unsafe. The contempary Senator - well put it this way - I lost a GTe with a 12V 3.0 Senator when I was car delivering on a twisty road.

RWD all the way.

I do feel if you can drive that RWD is lot safer - one thing people forget is lift off oversteer - this is why inferior hot hatches were often found on the inside of tight corners in the hedge, an older superior hot hatch from the likes of Vauxhall and Talbot would be disappearing off into the sunset with the driver pretending he is leading the RAC rally.

As DelBoy said even the BMW 120 Diseasel was fun.

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