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Thread: 4x4 vs. AWD vs. 4-wheel drive ?

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12-21-2003, 10:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
brink not actual size Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,899 Gameroom cash: $2500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	From what I understand 4x4 is independently driven wheels at all corners, or some kind of fixed center diff meaning there's equal power to each wheel all the time. AWD functions similar to an open diff in that the rear wheels engage when there's slippage/unequal load. That's just what I've kind of picked up/figured out so I may be wrong though. __________________ -- Jonathan W. http://fleshy.org.nz/

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