Kevin Stevens wrote:
>>Right, 1.0g on "street" tires, 1.2g on "R" tires. 20%. 20% of 70 is 14.
>>20% of 45 is 9. Ain't math fun?
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>>KeS
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> Actually math *is* fun - I used the same percentage base going both up and
> down - bad karma. 1.0 on "streets" is a 16.7% reduction, not 20%. 16.7%
> of 70 is 11.5, of 45 is 7.5 - still what I'd consider a significant
> reduction in the context.
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But G forces vary proportionally to the SQUARE of the velocity
(given the same path of travel).
So if a car will do a turn at 70 MPH at 1.2g, it will do the same
turn at 64 MPH at 1.0g. (70 divided by the square root of 1.2)
And a Honda Odyssey minivan which can only manage 0.74g of
cornering on its stock all-season tires can take the turn at 55 MPH.
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