ok, i've just had my Cossie 2wd rebuilt to a proper st3, 500 cooler, T34 etc and got a good 350bhp...

my dilemma is this. Should I have done this on a 4x4 Saff?

I just dont feel like I wanna 'really' push it round roundabouts etc. I aint no pussy, I have a vast background with RWD, road cars (high power mk2's, XR4i, Capri) and succesful ameteur motorsport wins, but this power with a turbo and RWD just feels lethal...

surely point to point involving short blasts and roundabouts (most 'races' on privates roads) a 4x4 would kill a 2wd?

sure, 2wd is fine for showboating, and I can hang it out same as the next man...

how much quicker are 2wd over 4x4 in a straight line with he same power?

so...

at 350bhp, which do you prefer, 2wd or 4x4?

 

2WD

 

I prefer 2wd to 4x4 but if your worried about it then yes you should have spent your money on a 4x4

 

Had 4x4 saph before my 2wd,prefer 2wd

4X4 Saph was safe in all conditions,2wd handles better in dry IMO.

 

loads of difference from a rwd saph to a 4*4 saph

approx figures are 270 @ wheels rwd vs 220 @ wheels 4*4 on a 350 engine

 

I should have added I only been ragging this car for a couple of days and the suspension is quite tired.

maybe i'll get used to it. Its just doesnt fill me with confindence like I think a 4x4 would

 

2WD without a doubt, faster and lots more fun, just got to give them some respect I think

 

Standard suspension??????

Get it uprated/slightly lowered will be diffrent car

 

not standard, is lowered /uprated but feels tired and looks like its been on the car for donkeys years..

was gonna put AVO coilovers on and get it properly set up and corner weighted

 

As said, get the suspension sorted.

 

4x4 imo after owning both but its horses for courses m8

 

You would say that Gus lad! didnt you smash your 2wd to bits!??

And the way is see you drive the 4x4, i know why!! You nutter!!

Lee, its cos your a puff!! Get the coilovers on mate, you'll love it!!

 

also, there seems to be a fair few st3 4x4's that get into the 12's quarter miles times

many 2wd acheive this?

 

get ya arse down saturday and i'll show you how leathal these are

 

that lethal

 

exactly kev, you know how I drive the estate , I just dont wanna end up binning the Cossie after the cash thats gone into it

 

heres what it was like before

 

exactly what I dont wanna end up doing to mine Gus.

I know you run big boost on live mapped greys etc, but whats your power stand at, have you done any timed runs anywhere?

 

4x4 all the way rwd is fun but can be unpredictable at times

 

Fookin hell gus!!! Is that the one you did?? Like to do things proper dont ya mate!!

 

my stage 3 saffy run 12.71 (4x4) @ york dragway yes kev that is mine what i rolled had 20k in that car and that was after owning the car 3 years driving it all year round in frost and stuff

 

its apx 400bhp now and very similar tourqe m8 and is very quick

 

Love the 4x4 ya got now matey, you keepin it still?? Any more pics of the white one mate? Looked stunning, can email em if you want k3vha@tiscali.co.uk

 

only as stills m8

 

have any st3 2wd cracked 12 secs?

 

no m8

 

I dunno, so I got both

 

If you want an easy drag car or don't have the confidence buy 4x4, if you want a track car or huge grins go 2wd IMO. 2wd has nowhere near the traction off the line as a 4x4, but when it gets traction they leave the same spec 4x4s for dead. It's about what you want/feel you can handle at the end of the day. If you drive 2wds with respect in dodgy conditions it's fine. It's when you give it big welly in silly situations that you get into trouble. You need to learn how to drive them before hooning around, then you'll be fine. I love the rear end action and challenge that's why I bought the MR2 T and then the BM, but if I was scared of a N/A MR2 like my mate i'd go 4x4 deffo

 

Gus, what tyres did you have on that white 2wd ? Were they any good ?

 

toyo proxes t1's never put shit tyres on m8 they are ya life about 6months old 4mm min on them

 

to be honest i think 2wds are safer for this reason my mate has a 4x4 saph cos and drives it in the wet as he does in the dry(fast round bends) where as i have a 2wd and drive faster than him in the dry but dont even bother to put me foot down in the wet because i am fully aware that it is a bit sketchy, i am waiting for he to have an off to be honest. So my conclusion is people not just my mate quite a few other people i know as well get a false sense of security in a 4x4

 

it was dry when i killed my 2wd

 

not being funny but was it down to driver error or the car being leathal????????????? ps i'm not having a dig

 

gus's right foot weighs 3 stone thats his prob

 

love my 2wd and would always buy another.

 

thats what there there for i cant be doing with buftying

 

just spun up in 4th and that was it end of

 

you must have been pressing on a bit to get it to spin in 4th i take it you lost traction while mid bend?????????

 

exited bend t4 kicked and end of

 

looks like you were lucky to walk away judging from the pics