Hi Col, I did the change already - but in the other direction ;-). Now I'm tempted by a 2WD project.
Someone suggested I do a bit on ex-mil LRs for the next edition, so I am.
Interesting point about old Discoverys - is because they lack a110's 'Daktari' factor or what?
Here's a question I was discussing with Mr Carnet - out on parole but walking with a stoop.
One would assume in a 2WD that engine-over-the-driven-wheels is optimal for off road traction, right?
And yet somehow the modern FWD trend of cars just does not seem right in the dirt, even with e-o-t-d-w - 'dragging' a car thru as it does.
Carnet made a good point that on the old Mercs he's run in the desert, the drive is always 'in line' with the car and so maintains momentum better, pushing it through. No drive traction is wasted on steering.
When you turn in a FWD some of that momentum is lost and so, all things being equal, you lose traction on rough terrain, even with eotdw.... Sort of made sense to us but it could just be a big lazy Mercs thing
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