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.
bmw 530i rims are 7Jx16 +20mm offset on all four. how do you tell it's FWD/RWD/AWD by looking just the wheels ?cyclonite said:Like I said the best way is just to look at the rims. See the offset as what i've posted above. that's quick and easy.
Another way is to drive it arounds corners and feel whether the car oversteers or understeers la.
Understeer = Mostly for FF cars, where upon entering a corner, the front of the car tends to go in a straight line even when the driver is turning the steering wheel.sarcastics said:bmw 530i rims are 7Jx16 +20mm offset on all four. how do you tell it's FWD/RWD/AWD by looking just the wheels ?
oversteer = ??
understeer = ??