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Old 02-26-03, 01:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Katshot
FWD was brought to market for one reason, manufacturing cost. That's the biggest single reason why there's so many of them out there. They're cheaper and easier to build for the OEM, that's it.
Great post.

I'd add packaging as another reason why there are so many out there. The drive shaft is kinda hard to design around.