RE: Pogea Racing announces 330hp Abarth 500

[Fire99]

disco666 said:

Genuine question:
Assuming the road is straight, why would rwd give better traction off the line than fwd?

Physics.. As the car surges forward, weight is transferred to the rear of the car, causing less force on the front wheels and more on the rear, which is good for RWD but less good for FWD in gaining traction.

[FD3Si]

selym said:

The guy who originally said they were bad drives a Civic EK9. I dare say his opinion wasn't based on experience

Eh? You do know an EK9 is one of the all time great hot hatches, right? Not entirely sure how that precludes him from having experience of those tyres!
I've found them to be pretty rubbish as well to be honest, both on small light supports cars and medium sized coupés.
The only thing they have going for them is the price. I thought they stopped making them a good few years ago as well?

In not a huge fan of the power delivery of traditional small capacity big power FI engines, do these have that multi air guff? Wonder if that helps response and spool to a noticeable degree?

[selym]

FD3Si said:

Eh? You do know an EK9 is one of the all time great hot hatches, right? Not entirely sure how that precludes him from having experience of those tyres!
I've found them to be pretty rubbish as well to be honest, both on small light supports cars and medium sized coupés.
The only thing they have going for them is the price. I thought they stopped making them a good few years ago as well?

In not a huge fan of the power delivery of traditional small capacity big power FI engines, do these have that multi air guff? Wonder if that helps response and spool to a noticeable degree?

As it happens, I am aware of the EK9. It's light nature should remove any of the negative points of the T1R; those being the sidewall flex. They are plenty sticky enough for road work, so the only other issue might be longevity, dictated by wallet size I suppose.

[FD3Si]

You imply that his choice if car precludes any experience. FWIW I found them to be ste on both an MX5 and DC2, so the guy is not alone.

[selym]

FD3Si said:

You imply that his choice if car precludes any experience. FWIW I found them to be ste on both an MX5 and DC2, so the guy is not alone.

You imply that I have never heard of an EK9! I didn't imply anything, I was getting at the fact he is not using the tyres on an LR Discovery or something as heavy so the oft heard complaints about sidewall flex are not so relevant.

ste is a bit of a vague description; how's about you share with the class why you found T1Rs 'ste'?