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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 12:39 PM
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Found a guy using this as his sig on the Noble Forum....

Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you.
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 12:44 PM
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Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 12:45 PM
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Yup - that about covers it.

Would drag coefficient be how far you fly after flipping over the wall?
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 12:55 PM
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 04:21 PM
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Brake fade is when you don't have enough time to say "Oh, F**k." before hitting the wall.
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 04:45 PM
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Filter spinoff is when you have way too much time to say "oh f**k" after your car dies on the side of the track.
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 04:49 PM
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torque steer is when you say I've had enough of this crap; time to buy an S!
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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Traction control is my right foot.
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