Important Angles When Four Wheel Driving

One of the major parts of four wheel driving isangle are those with the tires located right at the
the angle that you can drive your car at. Entryvery front and rear of the car, although this
angle refers to the angle from the bottom ofcauses poor ramp over angle.
your front tire to the first thing that would hit aRamp over angle refers to the angle of ground
rock if you were to drive into one. A lot of bullthat you can go over without the middle of your
bars limit the entry angle because they hangvehicle hitting it. A car that has a driveline which
down low. A well designed four wheel drive willhangs down or wheels too far spread apart will
have a good entry angle, so they don't hit theoften bottom out which is quite often even
ground or rocks when they are four wheel driving.worse than having poor entry and exit angles.
Likewise, the departure angle is the angleLifting the vehicle helps a lot, chopping panels out
between the bottom of the rear tires andof the way and fitting larger tires will give you
whatever would hit first as you are departing abetter angles. Alternatively, people fit bar work at
hole. Often you will find that when entering a mudthe front and back to ensure that if anything
hole the front drops down without a worry, butdoes hit, it won't damage the panel work or fuel
the back hangs out too far and hits the ground astanks.
you go down. The best cars for entry and exit