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Originally Posted by icarp
"Scott you ignorant slut "
It would seem you have never driven a front wheel drive Acura Integra , Honda Civic ,VW Golf in race car trim or proper street trim. The difference between FWD and RWD
is not what will happen, it is is how do you recover .
It is Physics that dictate the oversteer , understeer, action of any and all cars .
The rear engine car may tend to have a stronger secondary momentum habit .
It would seem that you have forgotten, for general purposes ,weight equals traction
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Funny, I didn't mention RWD or FWD or AWD.
I have forgotten nothing about physics. First, let's be clear that mass and weight are different things and that load is what you probably mean when you say weight when discussing vehicle dynamics. Mass never moves around but the load generated by the mass does.
Load does not always equal traction because load is not just a vertical component of vehicle dynamics while moving . If load did equal traction, stiffening an anti-roll bar at the front of car would mean that understeer would be reduced, not increased.
Regardless of what you wrote, the mass distribution of a vehicle certainly affects what will happen and not just how you handle what happens.
Again, the "more tail happy" reputation of a 911 is not a false one...