AWD kits

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F70t/a,



I dont have any pics of the quadra duece but Summit Racing owns and Troy Trepanier(sp?) did some work on it in the last couple of years so there may be detailed pics at one of their sites. Im sure googling "quadra duece" would turn up something.

BlazerSpeed,

Sorry you had a bad experience with the syty forum but keep in mind that we (we=syty ppl) get the "how do I install a syty drive train in my S10, Blazer, riding mower, etc" prolly twice a week. Its gotten to the point that if someone posts something like that they get pounced on. On behalf of the non arrogant/knuckle headed sytyers out there accept my apologies .

As for the manually shifted 4wd vs AWD syty systems they are totally different animals. The AWD system uses a viscous clutch to couple the front and rear drivelines where as the 4wd units are direct coupled via gears.

Think of the AWD xfer case having a miniature torque converter inside that via fluid dynamics sends power to the front drive shaft. The 4wd units one the other hand have gears that mesh when the xfer case shifter is moved from 2wd to 4wd and the front drive shaft is now mechanically connected to the rest of the drive line.

The viscous coupling is used for drivability issues due to the front wheels turning at different speeds/radiuses than the rear when you turn a corner. If youve ever had a 4wd truck on pavement while it was in 4wd and made a sharp turn at low speed you can feel the binding of the driveline. That would be unacceptable road manners not to mention its hard on driveline parts so the AWD xfer case allows some differences in front and rear driveline speed so you can turn a corner without it feeling like the truck has 4 square wheels LOL.

HTH