OPEC

What would be the cause for this after coming out of a corner with the wheels pointed straight ahead?

Too much throttle?

mooty

i am sure wheel is not straight. if it is, you will not loop the car.

911/Q45

Maybe if you straightened the wheel, but the car still wasn't quite settled and you hit a hard shift.

roberga

Tapped from behind?? What Mooty said. Too much throttle not matched with wheel position.

996FLT6

Your wheels weren't straight when it happened either u had too much throttle or too much lift. Mike

C.J. Ichiban

with a rear engined car there is a point of no return- and despite the steering wheel pointed straight the car could have been unloading too fast to have been "caught" but the front tires. the rear can be powersliding through the exit and if you don't feel it or "turn into it" with some opposite lock, the slip angle in the rear will exceed that point of no return (especially on cold tires) and around you go.

also- some sort of road conditions like a puddle or oil patch etc could cause one of the rears to slip like crazy, making 50% throttle have the same loss of traction as 100% throttle.

since the title of the thread is best way to loop the car- I'll give an opinion. the best way to loop a gt3 is to go full throttle too deep into the corner, then turn towards the apex. then lift really big. and then yank the wheel harder towards the apex. works every time. lol

roberga

cj: how is the arm?

OPEC

I went and reviewed the site and there was indeed gravel on the road. That'll do it. I definitely crossed the path of no return.

I was certain I didn't lift, and I was certain the wheels were straight. I probably should have checked the site again before I posted the question.

It's one of those things I kept playing through my mind. Thanks for the input and the sanity check.

These cars are built like a brick ****house, that's for certain.

deutschmick

Any damage (other than to ego)?

QTR (GT3)

Yup, Thats exactly what happend to me, ended up in the barriar with a broken track rod and a bent axle shaft ! .

OPEC

Ah, if only it had been that painless.

roberga

I assumed (always a bad idea) that you were on a track. DOT surface the gravel is as good a reason as any.

GT3

Oh no. Don't tell me that happened in the .2 GT3.....

QTR (GT3)

Unfortunately yes. The day I got my systems