1G possible for WRX??
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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
They use RA-1s, which are good tires but not at the level of a true R-compound.
IF you wanted to pull a "G" one thing that would get you most of the way there is a set of soft compound Hoosier or Michelin slicks. Anyone see the ALMS race on Speed just now? Pretty much everyone was running the Michelins.
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I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one. If the Vishnu car with custom tuned JIC coilovers and RA-1s can't pull a G, then you're sure not going to be able to do it with UHP tires and coilovers. Then again, it's not really worth arguing something that's pointless in the first place, so you can just ignore me if you want.
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Originally Posted by Steppin Razor
I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one. If the Vishnu car with custom tuned JIC coilovers and RA-1s can't pull a G, then you're sure not going to be able to do it with UHP tires and coilovers. Then again, it's not really worth arguing something that's pointless in the first place, so you can just ignore me if you want.
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So you're telling me that Tom Hoppe can't get 1G on his car.
There's a lot to be said to the mind behind the suspension tuning. And from everything I see and hear he has it. He runs UHP tires.
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Originally Posted by cooleyjb
So you're telling me that Tom Hoppe can't get 1G on his car.
There's a lot to be said to the mind behind the suspension tuning. And from everything I see and hear he has it. He runs UHP tires.
Joe
There's a lot to be said to the mind behind the suspension tuning. And from everything I see and hear he has it. He runs UHP tires.
Joe
What did you mean when you said, "There's a lot to be said to the mind behind the suspension tuning."? Who has all these things to say to Tom?
Do you mean, "There's a lot to be said *about* the mind behind the suspension tuning?"
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Originally Posted by Steppin Razor
It's funny you mention that because I just spoke with Tom a couple days ago at work.
What did you mean when you said, "There's a lot to be said to the mind behind the suspension tuning."? Who has all these things to say to Tom?
Do you mean, "There's a lot to be said *about* the mind behind the suspension tuning?"
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What did you mean when you said, "There's a lot to be said to the mind behind the suspension tuning."? Who has all these things to say to Tom?
Do you mean, "There's a lot to be said *about* the mind behind the suspension tuning?"
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"about the" whoops. You knew what I meant. However this isn't english class thank goodness and you didn't address whether or not you think his car with the quality of suspension of Tom's could get to 1G on a skid pad. Do you?
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Originally Posted by cooleyjb
"about the" whoops. You knew what I meant. However this isn't english class thank goodness and you didn't address whether or not you think his car with the quality of suspension of Tom's could get to 1G on a skid pad. Do you?
Tim
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www.tomhoppe.com has all his info
but quickly it has pretty much everything you'd ever need. swaybars camber plates well tested alignment coilovers big springs camber plates etc. My thought is that the Vishnu car is more of a show and go fast car which is why it couldn't do it.
However I can also go on and say like you said earlier that skid pad rating a bit of a joke.
I've driven a car on 3 different surfaces and felt big differences in stick. I've driven the same setup on the same surface at different temps and felt differences. People like Road and Track do a generally good job and minmizing all the outside influences. As far as I know they run the tests at the same place and since they are in SoCal the weather doesn't change as much as the rest of the country usually.
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but quickly it has pretty much everything you'd ever need. swaybars camber plates well tested alignment coilovers big springs camber plates etc. My thought is that the Vishnu car is more of a show and go fast car which is why it couldn't do it.
However I can also go on and say like you said earlier that skid pad rating a bit of a joke.
I've driven a car on 3 different surfaces and felt big differences in stick. I've driven the same setup on the same surface at different temps and felt differences. People like Road and Track do a generally good job and minmizing all the outside influences. As far as I know they run the tests at the same place and since they are in SoCal the weather doesn't change as much as the rest of the country usually.
Joe
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