Thread: acceleration: 2wd or 4wd?
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Old Sat, September 15th, 2012, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by boto View Post
Has anyone compared 0-60 or 1/4 times between 4wd and 2wd? Just wondering; newbe here who has never run in 4w high to check. Shouldn't hurt it, should it?
You shouldn't operate the truck in 4WD on a hard-surfaced road, because it makes the handling "squirrelly" which could lead to a nice crash. So, if you compared the times on a dirt road, you're probably OK. But, this wouldn't really tell you what you're trying to find out, since 4WD would probably minimize slip on the dirt road.

I think 4WD gives you more mechanical losses though, so I doubt if you'd see better performance if you did successfully test on pavement.

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