Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register ) | Resend Validation Email |
5 Pages « 3 4 5 ( Go to first unread post ) |
MattW | Posted: Mar 20 2008, 08:42 PM | ||
VOLVO For Life. Group: Advanced Members Posts: 6,069 Member No.: 23,273 Joined: Feb 17th 2007 Location: Southington Connecticut, USA |
A 50-50 split in AWD leads to understeer, this is a known fact. Which is why the STi has a 35-65 f/r split, to help it rotate better through corners. | ||
atlantian | Posted: Mar 20 2008, 08:45 PM |
IDW God Member Group: Banned Posts: 155 Member No.: 27,131 Joined: Oct 21st 2007 Location: Mercer Island, WA | what?!?!, how is more front wheel power lead to understeer... you must be bad at driving front wheeler because i drive an FF and never experienced understeer unless you try to romp on the throttle at the apex... |
DeeezNuuuts83 | Posted: Mar 20 2008, 08:46 PM | ||
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 3,840 Member No.: 25,374 Joined: Jul 18th 2007 Location: Southern California |
Yes, but not all of those were performance applications, which can have drastic differences in handling dynamics compared to non-performance applications. | ||
atlantian | Posted: Mar 20 2008, 08:56 PM | ||
IDW God Member Group: Banned Posts: 155 Member No.: 27,131 Joined: Oct 21st 2007 Location: Mercer Island, WA |
hmmm, i just thought that you can generalize/categorize cars by their drive type... FR-IS250(the new one with semi auto, performance), c240(my bro's baby... , performance) FF-ES300(my daily),'87 toyota celica(piece of crap i picked up for 100) AWD-S4(performance), S60 MR-SW20(supercar) RR-'74 911(supercar) | ||
DeeezNuuuts83 | Posted: Mar 20 2008, 09:00 PM | ||
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 3,840 Member No.: 25,374 Joined: Jul 18th 2007 Location: Southern California |
Sorry, but your classifications are WAY off. IS250 is not performance, C240 is not performance, and the SW20 and '74 911 are both definitely NOT supercars... far from it. Not to be a jerk, but seriously, you need to stop posting, or at least do A LOT of research before you do. YouTube videos don't count. | ||
Frost | Posted: Mar 20 2008, 09:21 PM | ||
Time to slam into 2nd gear! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,861 Member No.: 3,866 Joined: Oct 23rd 2004 Location: Mississauga |
I used to run autocrosses with a 2000 Corolla. It's as classical FWD / FF as it can get and it had MAD understeer when pushed hard on severe cornering so I have no clue wtf are you talking about when you say what you just said. Of course, there is always the option you weren't gunning it like I was on corners and I was REALLY gunning it (people said my tires were rolling over haaaard - even though I had enough pressure to barely maintain a solid contact patch). My old AW11 had some slight understeer on heavy gassing on corners too but had good lift-off oversteer to compensate. While I like the IS'es, I have to agree with Deez saying the IS250 is far from performance. It definitely is a sporty vehicle but far from performance. Even Lexus call's it just a "sport compact" car which can technically encompass anything with four doors nowadays and "sport suspension". IS350, okay, now we're getting closer to performance. IS-F? Definitely. IS250? The cheap entry car into Lexus lineup. | ||
WRX DEMON Type R | Posted: Mar 20 2008, 10:12 PM | ||
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Banned Posts: 13,371 Member No.: 3,276 Joined: Sep 22nd 2004 Location: Update Profile |
50:50 split... LOL, that's not symmetrical awd... Thats just equal torque distribution to the front and rear... I thought you were saying something about Subarus in general - as you know, their logo is, "Symmetrical All Wheel Drive" (Referring to how both sides of the car; left half and right half - not front and rear - are symmetrical, or rather, somewhat symmetrical). | ||
atlantian | Posted: Mar 21 2008, 08:13 AM |
IDW God Member Group: Banned Posts: 155 Member No.: 27,131 Joined: Oct 21st 2007 Location: Mercer Island, WA | so... you guys agree the 911 and the mr2 is performance right? and @ Frost... i am careful with the throttle... i don't get why you have to drive like a mad man to drive fast, i thoght it was "the less you do with the controls, the faster you go"(exact quote from my instructor) This post has been edited by atlantian on Mar 21 2008, 08:13 AM |
kos | Posted: Jul 21 2008, 10:29 AM |
IDW Member Group: Members Posts: 22 Member No.: 30,144 Joined: Jul 21st 2008 Location: 480:Arizona | 911 yes, mr2 no. look at the 2000+ mr-s'....those arent geared really towards performance at all |
5 Pages « 3 4 5 |