500whp RCSB, 2wd or 4wd as a daily driver???
08-18-2010, 04:20 PM
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500whp RCSB, 2wd or 4wd as a daily driver???
Looking at building an RCSB. And looking to do a turbo'd 5.3 for now and replace it with a 6.0 or built motor when the 5.3 gets tired. For being a safe and reliable daily driver would you go with a 4wd (autotrac? awd?) or a 2wd? Either way, they'd both be lowered just a little bit.
08-18-2010, 04:48 PM
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Save your money and go 2wd. Less to break, less weight and easier to mod. 500hp throught a blower or turbo can be very drivable(look at all the lightly modded ford lightnings).
08-18-2010, 04:51 PM
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Which is more or less what i'm going after... just a Turbo'd GM version.... hell maybe it will have more power. I was just thinking it might be better in 4wd.
08-18-2010, 04:57 PM
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If you can afford to make repairs and uprgade the components it would stick like a champ. But I'd personaly go with a TVS 1900 and have all that power right off idle so you can get the thing moving.
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If i could do it all over again i would definatly go 4wd with a drop like you mentioned.... i would just love to have traction on the street with a push of a button....
08-18-2010, 05:11 PM
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That's where i'm heading I think. It's just hard to find a 4x4. I wish I could do it with a '09-10 GMC with the 6L80e! Funds don't allow that yet!
08-18-2010, 06:56 PM
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Speaking from experience 4wd isnt the "ultimate savior" for traction issues. Yes it hooks better than 2wd, and yes it is fun as hell doing 4wd drifting 
If I were building something specifically for the street, Id go 4wd again. As far as the track, I ran in 4wd several when I was in the 14's, a few times when I was in the 13's and ONCE when I got low 13's/high 12's. I learned my lesson QUICK about that. 4wd+1.6 60'=
If I were building something specifically for the street, Id go 4wd again. As far as the track, I ran in 4wd several when I was in the 14's, a few times when I was in the 13's and ONCE when I got low 13's/high 12's. I learned my lesson QUICK about that. 4wd+1.6 60'=
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08-18-2010, 06:58 PM
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Yeah, what I want to build will probably never hit the track and if it does, i'd probably just leave it in 2wd. This is mainly a street play toy that I can drive across country if I wanted - and might.
