Any 4.0's for sale?
05-17-2012 | 11:31 AM
#541
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05-17-2012 | 11:46 AM
#543
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From: All Ate Up With Motor
My Fiat needs to brake before Bishop. If no braking done, the car would enter Bishop Bend at 125 mph (real speed) and with no rear traction (car has 10 lbs of lift at that speed, my car even more due to wider tires), you'll bury the Fiat in the wall on entrance, guaranteed.
The 3.8RS gets to the same point 12-13mph slower, much slower speed and massive downforce rather than lift, yes you can keep it floored.
But I could be wrong, so take a F430 and enter Bishop Bend at 125mph (gps speed), if you do it, I will bring the good Absinthe or single malt to celebrate your survival.
The 3.8RS gets to the same point 12-13mph slower, much slower speed and massive downforce rather than lift, yes you can keep it floored.
But I could be wrong, so take a F430 and enter Bishop Bend at 125mph (gps speed), if you do it, I will bring the good Absinthe or single malt to celebrate your survival.
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05-17-2012 | 11:57 AM
#547
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From: Arlington, VA, USA
05-17-2012 | 11:58 AM
#548
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From: 92 miles from Sebring
05-17-2012 | 12:00 PM
#550
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From: All Ate Up With Motor
Braking hard in Bishops rather thhan some positive throttle? Pffttt.
I can understand (and respect) the fear factor. no one wants to ballup a beautiful Ferrari. But the FACT is, he is doing more harm than good by unsettling the car on the brakes here rather thhan maintaining some sort of positive throttle....and then deceiving himself as to the reason why.
Oh well. As they said in Cool HHand Luke: some men you just can't reach
05-17-2012 | 12:09 PM
#552
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“If you’re not a race driver, stay the hell home. — Don’t come here and grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you’ve got feathers on your legs or butt. — Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won’t climb up there and eat that candy ***.” ~ Dale Earnhardt
05-17-2012 | 12:40 PM
#555
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Big assed ground effect tunnel under his car, aero should settle the Scud fine... But he brakes, kils aero downforce instantly and at the same time making it impossible to get reacquired quickly because of the rear end lift fom CoM shift to the front.
No wonder he's scared of that turn. If I drove that car that way I would be scared too!
No wonder he's scared of that turn. If I drove that car that way I would be scared too!