Quote: - The AWD system sends 100% of the power to the front wheels until it detects slip, and then can transfer a certain percentage to the rear, and is 100% compuer controlled. It's more like "FWD plus"
People don't seem to care that the Mitsubishi EVO does the exact same thing. No one calls Mitsu's system "FWD Plus" as the EVO stomps the crap out of evirtually everything on the road.
Incorrect. The EVO uses a full-time AWD system with an active center differential, front helical torque-sensing limited slip differential and rear 1.5 limited-slip differential. You can't even compare the two systems.
I know the mechanics of the systems aren't the same, but the operation is virtually identical. I said they do the same thing, not that they are the same system.
The ACD on the EVO (unlike the STi) is incapable of sending more power to the rear than the front, therefore you can never get a rear bias ratio greater than 50/50 with the EVO. The system can send more power to the front than the rear though, and even stop sending power to the rear altogether, and is constantly adjusting some ratio in between.
Basically, the EVO operates between 50/50 and 100/0 and the MS6 operates between 100/0 and 50/50.
