The GT-R truth getting abit more true
05-22-2008, 08:32 AM
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The entire point of the Ring was that it offered a varied road course, with enough length that tweaks to a real world car based upon the results would be worthwhile.
I read an article this past weekend, I believe in GT magazine, where Walter Rohrl says that Ring times are becoming more and more irrelevant with the traffic on the track and manufacturers making one off Ring ringers.
Maybe the private track method that Ferrari is more informative. Something would more variety in road surface would be best.
I read an article this past weekend, I believe in GT magazine, where Walter Rohrl says that Ring times are becoming more and more irrelevant with the traffic on the track and manufacturers making one off Ring ringers.
Maybe the private track method that Ferrari is more informative. Something would more variety in road surface would be best.
The ring has more camber changes and bumps than you can shake a stick at.
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05-22-2008, 10:05 AM
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I can't imagine something with more variety than the Nürburgring. Fiorano is flat (save for the little overpass) and smooth.
The ring has more camber changes and bumps than you can shake a stick at.
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The ring has more camber changes and bumps than you can shake a stick at.
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As for not being able to imagine it, if they can build a ski hill in Dubai (as modest as it is) , why couldn't they design a track with varied road conditions, a mini Ring?
05-22-2008, 12:56 PM
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I think the 'Ring works pretty well for suspension tuning of real world cars. OTOH, I think it makes for too-tall gearing. I'd like manufacturers to tune their chassis on the 'Ring, but gearing on smaller tracks.
I've never driven the 'Ring, just guessing from the cars I've driven that were developed to perform well there.
I've never driven the 'Ring, just guessing from the cars I've driven that were developed to perform well there.
05-22-2008, 05:40 PM
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Having seen the GT-R in person at the 'Ring....I still cannot get my head around how such a big car can be so fast
The car just looks its weight for sure. Hell those four 5inch cannons in the back alone mush weigh 75lbs!
The car just looks its weight for sure. Hell those four 5inch cannons in the back alone mush weigh 75lbs!
05-22-2008, 08:15 PM
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05-23-2008, 02:57 PM
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datax, I assume you know this already, but that picture of the GTR lifting an inside wheel is meaningless from a chassis stiffness perspective. Cars since the 60s are stiff enough to do that with a sizable sway bar.
I'm curious about this car myself, and looking forward to seeing them in the flesh and on tracks.
Ahmet
I'm curious about this car myself, and looking forward to seeing them in the flesh and on tracks.
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05-27-2008, 11:32 AM
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05-27-2008, 12:08 PM
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www.thetruthaboutcars.com has an interesting report on the GTR on the ring. appaently the suspension was different and the car was on race slicks. hello???
05-27-2008, 03:43 PM
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