Front wheel drive buggy?

[ashleyb4]

Hi all

Im just wondering has there ever been a front wheel drive 2wd buggy I know the current rules state it has to be rear wheel drive but has tehre ever been a front wheel drive 2wd buggy? If so what did i perform like was it any good?

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[Southwell]

As far as ive ever used/seen the only front wheel drive competition cars were touring cars....

[ashleyb4]

maybe i drempt it up.

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[Doomanic]

Kyosho Maxxum FF

[Southwell]

Haha, look at those front tyres compared to rears!

[Gayo]

Kyosho made a FWD called Maxxum FF :


Thanks to retromodelisme


MRC, a french company, made the Sand Master :

Thanks to christopheb34

Also some Nichimo cars, the Spirit FF :

Thanks to goods.ruten.com

And the Vantage FF :

Thanks to InetRC.com

All cars of the late 80s Memories

[ashleyb4]

what where they like where they faster than conventional 2wds?

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[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by ashleyb4

what where they like where they faster than conventional 2wds?

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There not modern so they wouldnt be comparable really.

[terry.sc]

There's also this Ryuz FF that could lap faster than Masami at the Japanese nats in the early 90s, so they were certainly competitive when developed.

and this http://www.geocities.jp/feriocruise/.../poprod2b.html is of a fwd buggy that won in 1988 in Japan due to the dirt tracks they used

Originally Posted by ashleyb4

what where they like where they faster than conventional 2wds?

They didn't spin out easily like all the rwds did on dirt surfaces with the hard tyres we were using at the time, so were easier to drive. As we never really raced on such low grip surfaces in the UK they have never had any potential here. Unless we go back to the ice rink like surface that was Romsey in '87 (where the first prototype fwds appeared to be quick) then fwd will usually lose out to rwd.

Fwd is banned from IFMAR competitions because the rules state the surface must be natural (no astroturf) and it must last for a weeks racing, so they are usually on hard packed dirt so usually not much grip. Try driving a dirt track with the hardest tyres in your pitbox to give you an idea of how tricky it was when the rules was made. They were banned to prevent racers needing a fwd and rwd car depending on track surface and conditions before they had a chance to be developed to be competitive. Banning them saves every racer having to buy one of each just in case so no one has an advantage, the same reason they banned LRPs sensored traction control system.

[RogerM]

Originally Posted by ashleyb4

what where they like where they faster than conventional 2wds?

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And Ashley proves once and for all that he knows nothing about vehical dynamics!!!!