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Old 03-27-2012, 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by daleburr
Disagree. I want my car to pull straight on the power and under braking, which requires a 50/50 split. I want it to handle the same on LH and RH corners, which requires a 50/50 split.

A car takes about 0.5s to get round a sweeper, and 13s to get round the rest of the lap, so I'm going to optimise it for the 13s chunk, not the 0.5s chunk.
hm.. i thought a slightly heavier rear end would do some good? right now my car is 50.25% rear that translates to 21g heavier at the back, and it handles superbly without losing rear traction even in the tightest turns. These shorty packs are worth a try on my old school 414 type TC to cut weight.
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