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Originally Posted by DGthe3
A crazily modified drag car doesn't make for a good argument about drive config. Its a product of ambition and the desire to be different more than an accomplishment for the vehicle. It comes down to one of favourite sayings: 'just because you can, doesn't mean you should'.
No matter what is done to a FWD car, you can't change the fact that under acceleration, weight gets transfered off the driving wheels. And outside of straight line acceleration, you are steering with the drive wheels. There is only so much grip available. Couple that with weight transfer and high powered FWD cars have serious problems on a road course.
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Running 7s is an accomplishment for any vehicle, regardless of rather its AWD/RWD/FWD.
FWD performance shouldn't be looked down upon just because its inferior. The FWD Cobalt SS/TC seems to be doing quite well in defeating its competition on road courses, considering it beat AWD vehicles [such as the WRX STi, Skyline GT-R (R34), etc.] and RWD vehicles [350Z, BMW 335i, etc.] around Nordschleife. FWD vehicles, while being at a disadvantage, shouldn't be looked down upon just because there is something a little better out there.
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