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Enjoyed that, and looking forward to the next one. Please make the use of the rear spoiler as a picnic table a regular feature. I seem to remember Harris eating breakfast off the rear wing of his 997 RS in one of his early vids, which proves that it's an important metric for early morning hooners.
thegreenhell said:
Enjoyed that, and looking forward to the next one. Please make the use of the rear spoiler as a picnic table a regular feature. I seem to remember Harris eating breakfast off the rear wing of his 997 RS in one of his early vids, which proves that it's an important metric for early morning hooners.
Yes, there’s definitely a video of Harris using an RS wing as a coffee table. Next up, early morning Senna?
unsprung said:
mighty motor, fabulous scenery
continue to embrace the "Englishness" of your test locations and I reckon you'll pull a lot of eyeballs from abroad (and not merely those from the UK)
Definitely the case! This foreigner would love to see (dunno which cars are best suited to said ;continue to embrace the "Englishness" of your test locations and I reckon you'll pull a lot of eyeballs from abroad (and not merely those from the UK)
~Cairngorms
~West coast of Schotland (can’t choose which is the best bit, something like the bit leading up to Skye might be good)
~Snowdonia
~Lake District
~North Pennines
..Etc, I think the theme I’m after for my own tour across the UK might be clearly emerging by now.
P.s. If requests are allowed; Please do add more footage of the surrounding area, roads and responses (face and sounds, talking not necessary in the car, voice-over only will do) of you whilst driving (in short, of ‘the experience’) in the upcoming episodes (think EVO coty style or the Curves magazin filming style {not the silly music etc} ). This will enhance my enjoyment but definitely also massively up the views.
Edited by Nerdherder on Tuesday 28th May 09:15
PHMatt said:
Surprised he refers to it as a front engine car when the engine, as he points out himself, is nearly a foot behind the front axle.
When will people realise that a mid engine car doesn't have to be behind the driver?
In fact, I'd suspect for a road car, having it in front of the driver with the box and diff behind gives it a much better balance. May be not the absolute fastest configuration, but less likely to spin.
Its about polar moment of inertia. Or in Laymen's terms, having all the heavy bits lumped together in the middle close to the centre of rotation makes the car easier to turn than one with the weight spread to either end of the car. When will people realise that a mid engine car doesn't have to be behind the driver?
In fact, I'd suspect for a road car, having it in front of the driver with the box and diff behind gives it a much better balance. May be not the absolute fastest configuration, but less likely to spin.
A "proper" mid engine car has the driver, engine and gearbox much more tightly packed around the centre of rotation, so will naturally handle better than a "front-mid" engine car where the heavy bits are more spread out.
Science, innit..
Harry_523 said:
Its about polar moment of inertia. Or in Laymen's terms, having all the heavy bits lumped together in the middle close to the centre of rotation makes the car easier to turn than one with the weight spread to either end of the car.
A "proper" mid engine car has the driver, engine and gearbox much more tightly packed around the centre of rotation, so will naturally handle better than a "front-mid" engine car where the heavy bits are more spread out.
Science, innit..
Is the corollary of that, when it does spin, it spins quicker and is harder to recover? A "proper" mid engine car has the driver, engine and gearbox much more tightly packed around the centre of rotation, so will naturally handle better than a "front-mid" engine car where the heavy bits are more spread out.
Science, innit..
Alpinestars said:
Is the corollary of that, when it does spin, it spins quicker and is harder to recover?
There's a reason all the D1 drift cars are front engined lets put it that way!But in these days of Alpines, Cayman, 488's etc, dynamics folks have appeared to learn to make them predictable over the limit, to go along with their natural balance below it.
Harry_523 said:
Alpinestars said:
Is the corollary of that, when it does spin, it spins quicker and is harder to recover?
There's a reason all the D1 drift cars are front engined lets put it that way!But in these days of Alpines, Cayman, 488's etc, dynamics folks have appeared to learn to make them predictable over the limit, to go along with their natural balance below it.
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