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vid6639 · 19th February 2007, 10:08

Exactly whiteknight it's due to the weight transfer.

Try going in reverse and pull the handbrake, you will notice the brakes will not lock. Why? because the weight transfer goes to the rear giving more inertia and the brakes need more force to stop the car.

it does not make difference whether RWD or FWD or even if the car's front engined or rear engined.

Even in a rear engined RWD the braking force will be more for the fronts than the rears.

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vid6639 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,573	Exactly whiteknight it's due to the weight transfer. Try going in reverse and pull the handbrake, you will notice the brakes will not lock. Why? because the weight transfer goes to the rear giving more inertia and the brakes need more force to stop the car. it does not make difference whether RWD or FWD or even if the car's front engined or rear engined. Even in a rear engined RWD the braking force will be more for the fronts than the rears. __________________ \ / ][ \|) `/ [_] "!" (\./) (o.o) ( X ) This is Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him achieve world domination.