
Originally Posted by
CrnCnn
I have done a lot of reading of OLD posts from Nazrat and others who have done this. One Con would be: Tone did the Mod and snapped a front drive shaft. It does not make our truck a true 2wd. We are simply fooling the e clutch.
That is where it seemed to end right there. It looks like we can trick the ECU, but no matter what, the front will still get power. I think what it came down to was, when TOD told the drivetrain to give them more power, it thought it was but in reality it wasn't giving any, but it still didn't stop the front from getting the minimal. It still wasn't a trye RWD. I could be wrong in my assumption from the tests, but that's what I got from it.
I think he dyno'd it too IIRC. No power gain, no fuel efficiency change. Instead, you have 2 wheels pushing 4k worth of weight instead of 4 pushing and pulling with better distribution. I don't know that it is even worth it at that point.
Maybe that old thread can be dug up or Tone can ring in with what he can remember.
Gary Noonan
'01 S/C VX / '18 Forester XT