In article <bu26ka$2tn$1@bent.twistedbits.net>, andy-dml@levyclan.us (andy
levy) writes:
>
>
> Korey Atterberry wrote:
>
> > That's what I figured... but if all of the front drivetrain is going
> > to be spinning anyway, you're losing most of the gains in efficiency
> > achieved by being in 2WD mode, I would think.
>
> I don't think I can disagree with you. I think there are efficiency
> gains to be had if the front hubs unlocked. There is a definite
> advantage in efficiency for your truck in 2WD mode over 4WD - but if the
> hubs unlocked, you'd see a bigger difference.
>
> > In that case, why not be
> > in "full-time" 4WD mode?
>
> Because it's less efficient than 2WD mode.
>
> > I wonder why the full-time transfer case
> > isn't available with the V6. It doesn't seem to me that a center diff
> > would rob that much power, especially since you get the 3.92 gears
> > anyway.
>
> The V6 doesn't have quite enough guts to push all 4 wheels all the time,
> I'm guessing. Your gas mileage would be as bad as with a V8 - so at
> that point, why bother with the 6?
>
> What I would like to know is why I couldn't get Full-Time 4WD with a
> manual transmission. Had to choose between FT4WD and a stick.
>
That brings me back to a thought I had a week or so ago- I was tossing the idea
around of putting something between the output shaft and the driveshaft that
incorporated a viscous coupling. That way, my part-time transfer case
magically becomes a full-time case (albeit with no part-time option). Of
course, I have neither the skills, money or ambition to do such a thing, but
that way I'd have my 2WD mode and my road-worthy 4WD mode.
Korey
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