"Ilike_cougars" (rohitvenkat01)
07/28/2014 at 15:39 • Filed to: None
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"Ilike_cougars" (rohitvenkat01)
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Expect to spend some time here, some pretty cool stuff: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Milky
> Ilike_cougars
07/28/2014 at 15:48 |
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LOL @
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Ilike_cougars
> Milky
07/28/2014 at 15:54 |
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Lol, yeah there are few more in there..
ranwhenparked
> Ilike_cougars
07/28/2014 at 18:59 |
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Of course, the Cord's low center of gravity and independent front suspension almost guaranteed better handling than most cars of the day, regardless of which end the drive wheels were on. That said, it's been my understanding that Cord's FWD set-up was much less prone to torque steer issues than many modern designs, so that wasn't as big of a factor either.
jdrgoat - Ponticrack?
> Ilike_cougars
07/29/2014 at 02:40 |
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There are a lot of good points in there. It's like GM management saw this ad when planning for the 80-90's.
But seriously, it's interesting to note how the older cars handle differently due to comparisons with older technology. Old engines and the gasoline they had available meant that torque steer on excessively large displacement (compared to modern) engines was non-existent. This is also present in the fwd taking corners better. I trust that modern differential designs help tremendously for rwd since all of our engines have so much more power now. But the one thing that fwd will always have over rwd is the packaging. Back then it meant that you got shuttled around with more headroom; nowadays it means you get a flat bottom floor and more cubic feet to carry your baby stroller with.
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Ilike_cougars
> ranwhenparked
07/29/2014 at 10:11 |
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Torque steer probably wasnt a very big issue, think about it, the car weighed a few tons, and driven by skinny wheels, and a low hp engine. They probably had more issues with traction. But yeah pretty interesting design.
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Ilike_cougars
> jdrgoat - Ponticrack?
07/29/2014 at 10:34 |
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Much earlier with GM, remember Olds Toronado? These were also probably closer to the Cord Design, than the transverse mounted fwd cars that we see these days. What is also interesting is that back in the 30s a fwd was considered to be a luxury car, all design elements were done in the effort to make the rear passengers more comfortable. But these days its more of the cost factor, and how easy they are to manufacture.
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jdrgoat - Ponticrack?
> Ilike_cougars
07/29/2014 at 20:27 |
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I was referring to when GM went crazy with fwd, switching nearly every model line. There was also the Cadillac Eldorado that was fwd back in the day. You could say the Toronado and the Eldorado followed the Cord's model, as they were some of the best personal luxury cars available at the time. Just by that time it was more likely that you were driving yourself around.
GM reading this ad in a conference room in the early 80's... "Gee, those are great points! Why has no one made an entire product catalog fwd!? It has success written all over it! And those little Japanese cars seem to be selling so well..."
I could write a short novella on this that's playing in my head, but that would be rather off topic.