Welcome to Just Commodores, a site specifically designed for all people who share the same passion as yourself.

New Posts Contact us

Just Commodores Forum Community

It takes just a moment to join our fantastic community

Register

Awd

all wheel drive or not

  • yes worth it

    Votes: 14 31.1%
  • no not worth it

    Votes: 31 68.9%

  • Total voters
    45

HVXII

AWI11
Joined
Jan 16, 2006
Messages
267
Reaction score
3
Points
0
Age
38
Location
brisbane upper kedron
Members Ride
2002 VXII Acclaim storm grey
hey all how much would it cost to convert my VX S2 to all wheel drive & would it make a differance at all to the power & performance
bassiclly would it be worth it
 

253@7k

300rwhp supra. yay.
Joined
Apr 26, 2006
Messages
998
Reaction score
9
Points
0
Members Ride
TT Supra/HZ Ute.
Not worth it (in my opinion). Lots of money for little gain. The drivetrain would loose a lot of power and would chew more fuel for the daily. Would be fun yes, especialy on the track, but if you need more traction for straight line speed, cheaper to tub the rear end.
 

SweetWagon

booosted
Joined
Jan 27, 2006
Messages
2,139
Reaction score
19
Points
38
Age
35
Location
Springwood NSW
Members Ride
VS Berlina Wagon Supercharged
slundy said:
Not worth it (in my opinion). Lots of money for little gain. The drivetrain would loose a lot of power and would chew more fuel for the daily. Would be fun yes, especialy on the track, but if you need more traction for straight line speed, cheaper to tub the rear end.

Torque is just slit between the front and the back, there is no loss of power or more fuel consumption, just better traction and acceleration:thumbsup:

It would defintely be different, just money and custom parts needed so it would not be very feasible.
 

1vngal

New Member
Joined
Feb 6, 2006
Messages
1,682
Reaction score
25
Points
0
Age
36
Location
North Tassie
Members Ride
'Ruby' 1991 VN Exec & '98 Proton M21 Coupe
Agreed with Slundy...could be very costly. You could use the money to many other awesome things.
 

Shounak

The Kicking Horse
Joined
Apr 20, 2005
Messages
2,500
Reaction score
60
Points
0
Age
37
Location
Vic
Members Ride
VX Executive S2 + XF Panel Van Project
vn6pwr said:
Torque is just slit between the front and the back, there is no loss of power or more fuel consumption, just better traction and acceleration:thumbsup:

It would defintely be different, just money and custom parts needed so it would not be very feasible.
There would be more power loss, as O Grundy outlined. The drivetrain would lose more power, because power is being transmitted to two different diffs..

The loss of power through the drivetrain probably wouldn't be as great as it would in converting a FWD to AWD.. But I say why bother..

Although you might be able to get parts of the Adventura or similar to help you out..
 

HVXII

AWI11
Joined
Jan 16, 2006
Messages
267
Reaction score
3
Points
0
Age
38
Location
brisbane upper kedron
Members Ride
2002 VXII Acclaim storm grey
ok thanks for all the responses
i knew it was gonna be expencive but didnt no if the power would gain thaks to all
 

mattman

New Member
Joined
Dec 12, 2005
Messages
2,305
Reaction score
13
Points
0
Location
Brisbane
Members Ride
'00 WH V6
You'll lose power.

I love my 4wd liberty... but it'd be a helluva job converting a commo.
 
Top