TeriAnn Wakeman wrote:
>
> We are talking sports cars here not long distance bullet trains. Weight
> affects braking and acceleration rates. Who cares about top speed when
> you are shifting a couple times a minute in both directions to keep the
> RPMs up as you slip through the curves.
Actually, weight doesn't affect braking much, unless you are talking
about brake fade after coming down a long steep grade.
But, chassis rigidity, especially torsional rigidity (which is where a
TR3 is lacking) has a good deal to do with handling, especially
transitions like entering and leaving corners. It's always a trade-off,
but given the choice of going through the corner 10% faster, or being
able to accelerate away 1/2% faster, I'll take the 10% ...
After all, what good is a sway bar if the frame just bends instead ?
And BTW, redline in 4th OD is not unfamiliar territory for my TR3A ...
Randall
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