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Old 09-20-2021, 11:57am   #21
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GM dials in a lot of understeer from the factory because the traditional Corvette owner likely has little to no experience in a mid-engine car. Mid-engine cars like to snap oversteer if you lift in a turn.

So, as I witnessed, the car pushes a lot. Dialing in some negative camber, a tiny bit of toe changes front and rear will make it turn WAY better.
Good to know. So if you lift off the pedal, mid-engine cars want to turn sharper?
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Good to know. So if you lift off the pedal, mid-engine cars want to turn sharper?
Yep. I spun my buddy's Gen 1 NSX on a novice school course where I instruct, and I had run HUNDREDS of times in my Z06. Very fast sweeper transition point. In the Z06, accelerate hard, lift through the corner, and back on the gas.

First lap in the NSX, drive exact same way...lift...spin like a mofo. If you find yourself getting loose in a mid and/or rear engine car in a sweeper, letting off the gas is bad. Adding gas shifts weight to the rear and provides more grip.
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Adding gas shifts weight to the rear and provides more grip.
Just like with ghetto-booty...
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Yep. I spun my buddy's Gen 1 NSX on a novice school course where I instruct, and I had run HUNDREDS of times in my Z06. Very fast sweeper transition point. In the Z06, accelerate hard, lift through the corner, and back on the gas.

First lap in the NSX, drive exact same way...lift...spin like a mofo. If you find yourself getting loose in a mid and/or rear engine car in a sweeper, letting off the gas is bad. Adding gas shifts weight to the rear and provides more grip.
Yeh, happened to a g/f of an old friend, decades ago....Porsche
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