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Originally Posted by Peter Matteson
That pretty much sums it up. In general most people refer to WCD these days as any 6WD cantilevered drive with live axels. The direct drive of a set of wheels isn't always on other teams "WCD" setups.
FYI
The only reason I asked is I saw 2 or 3 threads in the last few days where posts read to me like they thought 6WD was WCD. I figured it must be a trend if I noticed it just from reading the few threads I track these days.
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In addition, you'll find usage of external cantilevered drive systems prior to the 'West Coast' teams above. For whatever reason, the West Coast name stuck (perhaps because they were the teams that used them on a regular basis and refined them).
Heck, my previous team used external cantilevered wheels for the Delphi Invitational in '98/99, but I won't claim anywhere near the level of refinement that 954 etc. had.
I've noticed a similar trend of people not understand the difference between a 6 wheeled drive train and a cantilevered "West Coast" system.