yeah its not hard to make a car go fast...just takes money. But I can tell you its easier to work on engine internals then trying to tune inherit flaws in the chasis....thus handling/response is usually the harder part to tune rather then tuning a engine with a proper EMU.
Think how lotus was able to design a chsis so stiff that sway bars are not needed. Think Ferrari and how they tune there suspention...the suspention on a ENzo is always compensating and changing as oppose to the engine.
There must be a million type os turns/corners. Off the top of my head corkscrews, hammer heads (induce understeer on FWD and AWD cars), hair pins, caricels, high banks, S-turns and etc.
how many types of strightaways are there? I rest my case!
And each of those turns a car handles differenly and a good tuner must adapt and chang (also know how the car is goign to react) in those situation. thats why suspention tunning is the key to winning real races, not power. think about F1 and who has the most power (BAR-HONDA)? And who actually wins all the races (Ferrari)? Also good drivers are tested in Corners because they have to know what the car is going to do in that corner and counter it. Look at F1 and look at the dashes on the steering wheel. They tune the suspention while going into the corner and in the corner...everythign form the LSD lock up, spring tention, ride hight and etc...while on the straightway there is only one tune...give it more gas.
I rather drive a car with low power and good suspetion then a high hp car with crappy suspentiuon tune. Because with the low HP, good suspention car its easy to add more power to the engine (turbo, internals EMU, fuel and etc). But in the high hp, low or mild suspention tuned its even harder. Just throwing in coilovers isnt suspention tunning at all. You have to worry about body rigidity and structural intgraty while going into corners.
Did you guys know a hardtop supra is actually worth more the the targa top supra? Why? Becasue the bodies structural integirty is stronger around corners which is they they are often the race preped supras (hard top).
Now the new pagani Zonda C12 is amazing they found a way to make a sypder version that has the same structural integrity as teh hard top...actually faster then the hard top.
boostisfun357 said:
well put spacemonkey. I just like hearing what others think of the competitors cars.
sorry, it just that people are too caught up in hp and 1/4 mile times. I get asked about it all the time. i"your car only has 170 hp turbocharged?" Then they drive it and they change their mind. It just dumb to judge a car only by HP #s and 1/4 mile times
GM is doing good since they focus alot on handling.. the new C6 corvette was tested in Germany Nurburgring alot. And they recently built a track to test there cars along with bringing test cars to Seabring and Mazda Leguna Seca to test out cars. The ECOtec is a good engine too...the 2.0L race spec ecotec has a reputation for power and willingness to rev. But I sill like my MSP and its been problem free at 20K miles.
I have video of the C6R beign tested out at Seabring...SICK. The only problem is they (GM racing) can benifit form a quick shifting gear box. But im sure the hardcore corvette guys are against any major changes in technology.
Back on topic...the cobolt isnt bad that would probally be my choice. Still has too much of a GM type look to it.
