tel us ur car model n we tel u ur car is FF,FR,MR o 4WDyytellmey said:How to determine wherever ur car is front wheel drive, rear wheel drive or 4WD??
please dont tell me jack up my car and look at the bottom...i dont have the tools to do so...
is that any ways to determine?
TQ in advice
Hey ehaab.... CORRECTION!ehaab said:i think the easiest way to tell a Front wheel drive is that the engine block is set horizontally..
and for a Rear wheel drive the engine block is in vertical position.
Most front wheel drive vehicles today feature transverse engine mounting.
In automotive engineering, the term transverse refers to an engine in which the crankshaft is oriented side-to-side relative to the wheels of the vehicle. Most front wheel drive vehicles use this engine orientation, while most rear wheel drive vehicles use a front-to-back longitudinal arrangement.
(from wikipedia)..
cyclonite said:Hey ehaab.... CORRECTION!
horizontal = transverse
vertical = longtitudal
There are FF cars in the market with longitudally(vertical) mounted engines also such as the new Audi A4. Reason being the engine mountings will last much longer if the engine moves in an axis perpendicular to that of the driven wheels.
Anyway for me the easiest way to tell a front wheel car from rear wheel is by looking at the rims. Rear wheel drive cars normally have negative offset rims, front wheel have positive offset rims.