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08-21-2004, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by nodisguise,Aug 20 2004, 06:14 PM
The problem with adding weight to the rear to increase grip is that when you're going around a curve, the weight isn't being pushed down enough by gravity to compensate for how much the weight is being pushed out to the side by centrifugal force, so to speak. Not to mention the weight is almost always bad for acceleration, and deceleration too. Downforce adds the 'pushing down' effect of weight, but not the pushing out effect, because the wings have little mass, to reiterate what Slithr said.
To your point though, the weight in the trunk will always offer more force down than to the side in an S2000 until the S can pull more than 1.0G on the skidpad.
08-22-2004, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ruexp67,Aug 21 2004, 10:53 PM
To your point though, the weight in the trunk will always offer more force down than to the side in an S2000 until the S can pull more than 1.0G on the skidpad.
08-23-2004, 12:45 AM
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I don't have the figures with me. F1 cars are always slower after fuel changes (fill ups) evan with new tyres.
I forget what their ratio is (more fuel = more seconds slower in lap time), but I know that there is one!
I forget what their ratio is (more fuel = more seconds slower in lap time), but I know that there is one!
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