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Old 06-12-2007, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by tom11011 View Post
Interesting on the wheel hub motors. How many would you have, four? Does a typical front wheel drive car only have 1 wheel attached to the transmission?
i'm not sure how many i would want it to have. seeing as i'm still in the planning phase, by the time i got down to it, it would all depend on what i was going for, and how the draw was on it... if i was going for economy, it would only get one hub motor on a central shaft and it would be FWD (both front wheels on one hub) but if i was going for performance it would definately be all wheel drive with one hub per corner.

but like i said.. it all depends on the draw of each motor when driving...

typically on FWD vehicles its a matter of the transmission that puts the power to the wheels and both wheels are both connected to the transmission. but in either aftermarket or if the car is setup properly from the factory, the transmission has a Limited slip differential. it allows both sides to spin evenly instead of the one that has less grip to spin all out more. (usually the case in sport compact cars with their 1 wheel burn out)
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