kevin's description agrees with my experience. i CAN then get the car to
turn more with more gas, but i think it slows me down more than lifting a
little and correcting the line that way.
and john, you are right too- getting on the gas a 'little too much' on exit
will tend to slide the rear out. but i dont think its faster, because if
the rear wheels are spinning, the weight is off the back and you cant get
power down when you do get pointed the right way. which means lifting or
waiting, and thus, slowing down.
-james
OSP - Often Screaming People
----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 12:34:14PM -0800, Kevin Stevens wrote:
> > > With a light rear end or a powerful engine, you can
> > > bypass the understeer and go right to power oversteer.
> >
> > I see this written all the time, but I'v never experienced it. In my
> > experience, once you start pushing in a turn (RWD), you can't stop it
> > without slowing down. You can get oversteer AS WELL with your right
foot;
> > this is known as "sliding". ;)
>
> Therefore you've got to do it before the weight transfers and the
understeer
> sets in. I believe that this is known as "not being smooth", but as
> we read in the "how to autocross with AWD" discussion, it can work
> with certain cars.
>
> --
>
> john@idsfa.net John Stimson
> http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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