Traction Control & Racing

[Padgett 0sirius]

>> And how does it handle a four-wheel-drift ?
>
> You mean, apply the brakes in a turn where all four tires are already
>exceeding the limit of traction?  Beats the hell out of me.  Just
>lifting off the throttle under those circumstances will cause more
>excitement than I really want.  The yaw sensor inhibits 'crutch' driving
>techniques like trail braking, though.
>                                                          
Interesting comment. Sometimes you just want to take up seventeen of twenty
feet. In a road. Sometimes being completely out of shape exiting
one turn puts you in just the right position for the next. And that's road
racing not autocrossing which is completely bizarre.

BTW a four wheel drift is not beyond the limit of traction though it is
pretty close, consider it just generating a certain amount but equal slip
with all four wheels (well, three - inside front isn't doing anything in a
Corvette, used to cary it ofver the speed bumps on the inside of turns.

May not be a purist but did collect a number of SCCA trophies with a B/P
vette.

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