Q:what are the advantages disadvantages to a rear wheel drive front wheel drive car? Speed? acceleration? mileage? performance? Everything. ?

If all the points you listed fell solidly to front wheel drive why are dragsters rear wheel drive, why was Chevrolet allowed to alter a car to make it rear wheel drive by Nascar, why are Indy cars rear wheel or all wheel drive. The answer is simple, real performance requires rear wheel or all wheel drive. Front wheel drive is less labor intensive to assemble in the factory. That is the only advantage. For the young man and the snow theory. Snow driving is about traction, nothing else. Drag racing is about traction, nothing else. Physics say very simply, when accelerating weight transfer is to the rear wheels. Not the front. Fact that the front wheels are under power and turning eliminates snow piling up in front of the tires. Poor drives will do better in snow with front wheel drive, good drivers (snow proficient) do as well or better with rear wheel drive. Remember Weight Transfer. Like I said, front wheel drive is easier to produce. It has NOTHING to do with better, safer or any other er you can think of save cheaper. I will give the manufacturers credit, they have managed to put a few horsepower in a front wheel drive car. Apparently they have finally gotten a handle on the torque steering that plagued all the little bitty bite size stuff that used to come in from Japan.

Q:Really want a new steering wheel on my 1990 truck.Old one is too big, worn etc. It‘s and easy install, really simple.no power steering, no airbags etc. I know the cost for a new wheel and installation ( If i didn‘t do it myself )How common is it for an aftermarket wheel to come off or for it to strip the hub etc, Id prefer to not crash at 65 mph. I would assume it‘s no more dangerous than the wheel on my truck now, but just wondering.

No known probs with aftermarket steering wheels. I have had a grant classic 13 wheel (same steering wheel) in 3 cars over the past 13 years. No probs with it. These 3 cars have been street/strip cars ranging from 300 HP to 600 HP.My camaro now is 600 HP, took to dragstrip every weekend runs 125 mph through the 1/4 mile, drove to track and back 2 hours each way, used as a daily driver car for 7 years with about 10K miles per year. My GF has a grant GT wheel on her '87 burb that came off my dad's toyota pickup that he had for 8 years (had to buy a new install kit to put it on her chevy though) I have a grant classic wheel on my 1988 S10 You have nothing to worry about when it comes to the safty of an aftermarket steering wheel. Just buy the right install hub/kit for your car and install like the papers says to and you'll be fine

Q:I mean like Subaru's, which have 4 wheels, yet say they have "all wheel drive"

The difference is how power is distributed to the wheels. All-wheel drive allows the torque to be applied to each wheel independently, and usually is always on. It allows a sophisticated computer system to allocate power to each wheel to maximize traction and steering. AWD is best for traction control on roads, and is not particularly useful for hardcore offroading/mudding. 4-wheel drive, however, typically ties all wheels together (called a limited-slip differential), and you can typically disengage/re-engage it. It works well for offroading, but isn't very effective on highways.

Q:I have a Chevy silverado and I want to get 2 wheel spacers for my truck. But I didn‘t know if I needed an adapter or not for them

I don't know what you mean by adapter. Wheel spacers and wheel adapters are two different things and serve two different purposes. Wheel spacers simply move the wheel farther away from the hubs. People use those with wide tires for more clearance. Wheel adapters on the otherhand, are used to change the bolt pattern on the hub. Say you have a 8 bolt hub and you want to put 6 bolt wheel on it. Or a hub set up for 15 wheels and you want to put 21 wheels on instead. So, to answer your question the way it's stated, if the wheels you will be installing have a different bolt pattern, then yes you will need use adapters with the spacers.

Q:What is the transition from the ancient to the present?

Usually the wheels are regarded as the oldest and most important invention of mankind, and we often compare it to the use of fire. In fact, the history of human tame fire more than 1.5 million years, and began to use the wheels only area six thousand years time.

Q:my hammy does not run in his wheel how can i get him to?

I had a hamster that did that once. I think it was because the wheel was the wrong size for the little critter, see if the wheel is the right size maybe its too big or too small.

Q:if i put a cut off wheel on an angle grinder can i use it to cut through a medal pipe? are cut off wheels compatible with angle grinders?

Yes you can use a cut off wheel on an angle grinder. Just make sure it is for metal and not masonry, and that the wheel is for the right size. Wheels are made from 14in for chop saws, 7in for circular saws, and anywhere from 5-3 in depending on the size of the angle grinder.

Q:in search of a 24" mountian bike wheel ,24"x1.50 front..

nashbar okorder your local bike shops

Q:so my project need a good catch phrase about the invention of the wheel. so does anyone know any good ones? about the wheel if you can then a good catch phrase about the wheels that caveman made or if not then just any good wheel catch phrases. thanks

“There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking” -- Will Rogers “The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, HE was a genius.” -- Sid Caesar quotes -- because one wheel is useless -- hope these two will help

Q:Why do many high end bikes have more spokes in the rear wheel than in the front? I understand that the rear wheel supports more weight and it drives the bike. However when you brake hard weight shifts forward and most of the braking torque is thru the front wheel. I‘d think the front wheel should be as least as strong as the rear? Am I missing something?

There is more weight on the rear tire but the torque starts at the hub and is transferred thorough the spokes to the rim and tire. When braking, the weight is transferred to the front wheel but the braking action is at the rim and is not transferred to the hub as torque.