Have you guys seen this:

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=145284

Check out the rollbar pics....I can't get the video work.

 

There's been a lot of talk about this crash and video here and the owner/driver would rather they not be seen. I've got a question about the pictures. Were the tires installed backwards? Looks like it to me.

 

Well, I am assuming that since hte owner does not want it to be seen, they are still alive. I hope this is the case.

As for them not wanting it to be seen, I think that is a mistake. Other people should learn from the mistake he made. Might save someones life in the future.

BTW, I got the video to work..... It does look like the tires are on backwards, but on dry pavement, I don't think it should matter.

 

on dry pavement, tires that are mounted backwards will drive differently. they will drive "choppy" as if they are WAY off balance/never been balanced before.

very good observation CG - something I think we all missed.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Schatten
[B]on dry pavement, tires that are mounted backwards will drive differently.

 

The tires are definitely upside down (of wait, that's the car...)

The tires are on right. Being upside down, they look like they are mounted incorrectly.

-- Chris

 

It wouldn't have mattered if his tires were mounted inside out, backwards, whatever; the poor guy lift-throttle oversteered himself into the woods. End of story.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by frayed
[B]He crashed b/c he was driving beyond his abilities.

 

Yeah, kind of hard to tell. He definitely was on the binders mid-corner. My comment on full-on ABS was based on a guess that the driver probably panicked on got on the brakes hard enough to go ABS.

Either way, S2000s are not particularly stable under trail braking (probably b/c of their low polar moment of inertia, short wheelbase, stiff rear end, and particular rear suspension geomtry).

 

I think you mean high polar moment of inertia...but in anycase the tires are mounted correctly, they look backwards cuz the car is upside down as Chris noted.

I saw an S2K hit a wall at the Streets of Willow event right in front of my eyes. This was a SpeedTrialUSA a few months back. The guy came out of the last turn leading on to the front straightaway, put the car in a drift but kept his foot down on gas more than necessary and the next thing I knew was the car heading towards the pit wall where I myself and lots of other people were standing. Moments later there was a wrecked S2K in front of our eyes, it was sad to see a shiny new car sitting on top of its own broken suspension parts.

Oh well...such is life of a sports car.

R.