It certainly feels more fwd than rwd. You can feel the power come on through the steering wheel, and there's a definite sense of the power being transitioned into the rear of the car under mid-corner throttle. Once the torque is reallocated it feels very neutral and not like a fwd or rwd.

To answer your question though, in everyday, stop and go/highway cruising, you can't really tell the difference between drivetrains of any car. It's only when dynamic forces (corner, accelerating, braking) are applied in decent amounts does the car's weight balance and torque management become apparent

 

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....rticle_id=9052

my bad...it was 100/0 and 50/50, but it still saids the ACD splits power betweent he front and rear wheels

 

Definatly feels like an AWD car to me, normal driving its like fwd, get into it while turning then you feel rwd until acd kicks in then you can definatly tell its awd as it automatically straightens itself out.

 

Its the best of both FWD and RWD worlds at once

 

Here's how it works. The ACD Splits torque 2 ways, 100/0 and 50/50. Under normal driving, the car is used with 100% torque up front and 0% to the back which improves gas milage. So under normal driving it does feel like a front wheel drive under light cornering. Once the fwd loses grip, 50% of the torque gets sent to the back. So under light driving and cornering, it may feel like a front wheel drive but under hard acceleration and cornering, its 50/50.

 

Its anywhere between 100/0 and 50/50, not just two modes. just imaging having 50% of power suddenly going to the rear wheels under hard cornering; its instant spin out

I still don't understand why most people would argue that ACD doesn't change torque split. It does stand for ACTIVE center diff after all

 

no

Coming from fwd, one of the biggest adjustments was to get used to the awd "drag"

 

No, ACD locks front and rear 50/50 whole time. (NO torq split, ACD never splits torq)

See this thread...

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...&highlight=ACD

 

That's because ACD never splits torq.....

See my reply to the previous post and follow the link.

 

follow this link rexman, I've already seen your thread

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....rticle_id=9052

 

they are obviously very wrong....

here's another thread for you

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=175195

not every mag knows what they are talking about.

 

According to this thread, the ACD is like a differential between the front and rear wheels. If im not mistaken, the way differential works is by controling slip and transfering power to whatever tires have the most grip. How could its be always 50/50 if it transfers power under different circumstances??

 

We aren't talking about limited slip here. ACD is center diff which doesn't transfer torq, it basically just open and closed.

A good example will be the '03 and '04 EVO which comes with open center diff, which of course, stays open the whole time with 50/50 torq split.

 

I would have to say that if you have some decent power the Evo actually feels like a RWD.

 

Feels like AWD for me.