Drifting and donuts in an AWD car
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Drifting and donuts in an AWD car
So for the last week i've been driving the 2.5 The car is sick. Anyway, when it started snowing today, i decided to hit up the local stop & shop for some donut action. I was about 15 spins in and i remembered something about donuts being bad for AWD, but i couldnt remember what. So whats the deal, it is something about having the wheel all the way over that hurts the rear diff?
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yea, its tends to heat up the diff. goo rendering it ineffective.
I don't think you would really have to worry about it too much unless your just going nuts with it. Then I suppose you could burn your diff up. Otherwise, haveing a little fun isn't going to hurt either.
On a side note, when doing doughnuts, people who are dumb enough to keep the steering locked in one direction have been know to ruin the power steering pump. Espically on Subarus.
I don't think you would really have to worry about it too much unless your just going nuts with it. Then I suppose you could burn your diff up. Otherwise, haveing a little fun isn't going to hurt either.
On a side note, when doing doughnuts, people who are dumb enough to keep the steering locked in one direction have been know to ruin the power steering pump. Espically on Subarus.
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yea. i do donuts all the time in Phils. even though there isn't snow there. there, i drive a toyota corolla liftback. its a rear wheel drive 3-door hatchback. all the mods in it are top-of-the-line. me and my friend raced once and guess what...instead of regular gas...i used high octane ags from the airport. about a mile the car overheated. took me whole hr. to get back on the road. i usually do this when i'm racing but not on new cars like evo, lancers...note: that was around 70's
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If you have the manual tranny and you are doing donuts you shouldn't worry because the differential is viscous, therefore it is just liquid heating up. I have a 2.5RS as well.
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