cool video by Honda on the new SH-AWD
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Originally Posted by So.Cal_INTEGRA
Once again Honda is on top when it comes to reserch and development.
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S2000 Technology:
http://world.honda.com/S2000/technology/
NSX-R Technology:
http://world.honda.com/NSX/
http://world.honda.com/S2000/technology/
NSX-R Technology:
http://world.honda.com/NSX/
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Ya, I saw this on offtopic.com.
I'm not so fond of this design for several reasons, but most of them are based on a performance standpoint. This is expensive and over-engineered for AWD. There's no situation I've discovered where a viscous-coupled transfer case and a mechanically-limited-slip differential couldn't deal with on pavement. There are fewer points of failure with that design, and it's so much simpler and less expensive to maintain.
Spooling the center differential could turn either one of these designs into a 4x4 instead of AWD, but the rear axles with the clutches on the rear differential don't transfer 100% of the power they receive. Friction causes losses. I'd be interested to see the drivetrain loss of this car on a dyno compared with the chp. And I'd also want to know what it can hold hp/torque-wise before I'd invest. I bet if you upgraded the car it came with, you'd have to reprogram your transmission, and you'd still wear out the drivetrain really fast... probably faster than you would with a Subaru, Audi, or Mitskabishi... and also without producing nearly as much torque as any of those cars can.
But I'm a weirdo. I just want fast 60' times with a transmission that will hold up to barking all 4 drag radials, I don't care about AWD for safety reasons and I think brakes are more important when it comes to staying alive. I want to see what happens with it in consumer hands. It would be really cool if Honda could get an entry into WRC, but they'd be about 2 decades late getting started.
I'm not so fond of this design for several reasons, but most of them are based on a performance standpoint. This is expensive and over-engineered for AWD. There's no situation I've discovered where a viscous-coupled transfer case and a mechanically-limited-slip differential couldn't deal with on pavement. There are fewer points of failure with that design, and it's so much simpler and less expensive to maintain.
Spooling the center differential could turn either one of these designs into a 4x4 instead of AWD, but the rear axles with the clutches on the rear differential don't transfer 100% of the power they receive. Friction causes losses. I'd be interested to see the drivetrain loss of this car on a dyno compared with the chp. And I'd also want to know what it can hold hp/torque-wise before I'd invest. I bet if you upgraded the car it came with, you'd have to reprogram your transmission, and you'd still wear out the drivetrain really fast... probably faster than you would with a Subaru, Audi, or Mitskabishi... and also without producing nearly as much torque as any of those cars can.
But I'm a weirdo. I just want fast 60' times with a transmission that will hold up to barking all 4 drag radials, I don't care about AWD for safety reasons and I think brakes are more important when it comes to staying alive. I want to see what happens with it in consumer hands. It would be really cool if Honda could get an entry into WRC, but they'd be about 2 decades late getting started.
