I have done this change and I am not ever going back to FWD at these power levels, it's a waste of time as far as I am concerned. I previously ran a 370bhp FWD with VAQ diff and already at that level the torque was overwhelming for the front wheels during daily driving. Yeah I had 370bhp but half of the time due to wet roads or cold temps or cold tires or low speed, or just not being ready to perfectly modulate the throttle, I had to fight wheel-spin and simply couldn't access all the power my car was making. Perfect for 100-200 runs on the highway but who, outside Germany, is doing that on a regular basis? Also good fun on the track ( I did track the car 2-3 times a year) but again, it was a daily car and as explained above at the majority of occasions that a daily driver sees through the year, it struggled to put all that power to good use.
Within the first week with the AWD car (same engine) I was crying from salvation. The effect it has at low speed accelerations is such a shock for someone who's used to fight wheel-spin on powerful FWDs all his life. Sure above a certain speed the effect stops and it feels as if you were carrying a passenger on your old FWD car but there's an easy solution for that, just add as much power as you like, easy with these engines. You know you'll be using it all whenever you need to, sun or rain, hot or cold, PS4S or crap tires, doesn't make a difference. It unlocks a whole new level of fun.
Can't even imagine how much better it will be with the JB4 on, just completing the running in for now. It also made the effect of the pedal box that I transferred over, twice as fun as it was on the FWD car. Floor it and get thrown back to your seat with the same ferocity every time, no IF's...
Within the first week with the AWD car (same engine) I was crying from salvation. The effect it has at low speed accelerations is such a shock for someone who's used to fight wheel-spin on powerful FWDs all his life. Sure above a certain speed the effect stops and it feels as if you were carrying a passenger on your old FWD car but there's an easy solution for that, just add as much power as you like, easy with these engines. You know you'll be using it all whenever you need to, sun or rain, hot or cold, PS4S or crap tires, doesn't make a difference. It unlocks a whole new level of fun.
Can't even imagine how much better it will be with the JB4 on, just completing the running in for now. It also made the effect of the pedal box that I transferred over, twice as fun as it was on the FWD car. Floor it and get thrown back to your seat with the same ferocity every time, no IF's...
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