Well, nobody was talking here about use of slicks which will change all of
this
completely. We are talking about autoX and ProSolo, so let stay within those
limits. :)
But, the rest of your post is kind of surprising to me (especially with your
email address having a GSX in there :).
I would say that you do know what the AWD launch is and what kind of
advantage will
bring to the AWD DSM (or any other AWD car) off the line. Magazines did
testing of
those cars and C&D will tell you that FWD is faster than AWD from 0-60.
True, but you
forgot the fact that FWD DSM can do 65 mph in second, while AWD will stop
around
55 mph. So, if the measurement would be up to 50 or 55 mph or if the red
line doesn't stay
at 7500 RPMs for AWD car, results would be completely different.
You should also know that as soon as you start modifying DSMs (and I am
talking
about K&Ns and cat-back exhaust only), the difference in ETs gets larger and
larger toward the AWD models.
Later
Fedja
95 AWD
#34 ESP
On Wed, 31 May 2000 15:51:21 -0400, DravenGSX wrote:
> I don't buy this for a second.. With the right driver and the right set
of
> tires the FWD DSMs should beat the AWD DSMs because of two very important
> factors. The first being weight and the second being drivetrain loss.
Look
> at the stock numbers for the DSMs (Much easier to control 210 HP than
> 300+HP)... Several major magazines have tested both and a majority of
the
> tests showed the FWD turbo cars coming out on top of the AWD turbo cars.
> And it makes sense. With slicks on the front of a DSM there is no reason
> why you couldn't turn high 1.7-low1.8 60's and then run away from the AWD
> cars at the end of the 1320. Now we're straying away from racing with
> turns, which would be a completely different story because how many autox
> coarses have 1,320 feet of straight at the beginning?
>
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