Converting AWD to RWD?

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Nikk O'lass
Is it possible to effectivly turn a AWD car such as the WRX to RWD?

10/90 toruqe split is obvious, but what sort of diff settings would render the front basically usless?

/dumb question
 
Well you could lower the torque on the initial part of the LSD.
That way you will have less working grip since the outer front tire will not have power lead to it since the inner tire will get that and waste it on spinning.
 
Alot of my road (4wd) cars I use for online racing (usally 530pp sports soft / 585pp racing hards) have either a 90/10 - 80/20 or similiar split.

Most of my diffs are setup as:

20 - 10
24 - 12
40 -10

(stock would be)

10 -10
40 - 40
20 - 20

Basically, have the outside front wheel spin and the inside rear wheel spin a TINY amount. There's so many combinations of tyres. power gearing etc etc it's impossible to be 100% accurate in actual figures, until I know what car, power, tyres etc etc.

But thie general priniciple works well, the car semi 'drifts' out of some corners, constantly turning in - so no understeer.

It also helps as 4wds tend to murder they're front tyres, so camber / toe etc is usually a little less than average.

Loosen the rear end as much as possible, whilst still retaining stability / grip, this will help the front turn naturally and again help front tyre wear.
 
Is it possible to effectivly turn a AWD car such as the WRX to RWD?

10/90 toruqe split is obvious, but what sort of diff settings would render the front basically usless?

/dumb question
10/90 doesn't work right in my opinion. It should turn the car into essentially RWD, but it doesn't seem to take the tendency to push on throttle away like it should.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=6409261#post6409261

I always set the torque between 20/80 and 35/65 on tarmac, and run a looser front diff then rear, because with a tighter front diff the push only increases, and make me very unhappy.
 
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