new stance! and pitch for driving school (long)

[Lawrence C Leung]

Wish I was in Seattle! But sorry, can't attend. Good Luck with the Audi. 

BTW, probably the Audi does nothing on lift throttle is because of the
relative lack of power. I would imagine it at least "tucks in". My GTi
(though lighter at 2200 lbs and shorter of wheelbase) pretty much just
tucks in unless I add a touch of brake as well as lift and turn it. 

LL - NY

On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 08:34:30 -0800 (PST) Tessie McMillan
<tessmc at drizzle.com> writes:
>Thanks all! LL's post is ESPECIALLY relevant and helpful; my mechanic 
>is
>also a long-time Porsche mechanic, so he had a really good alignment 
>done
>at a local shop that specializes in Porsche performance tuning after 
>he
>put the springs on. And the car is significantly lower. My only 
>unknown
>right now is (please don't flame me) *which* springs got put on. I had 
>it
>in an email from my shop, and I managed to delete it and I'm waiting 
>for
>a FAX with the details.
>
>If these questions make me sound like a doofus, my apologies. I've 
>been
>driving an '87 911 Carrera at SIR for about five years, and I'm
>really used to its snap. The snap-off-throttle trick I used in that 
>car
>to reduce understeer gets me nowhere in my Q car (if I go off throttle 
>in
>the Audi, all that happens is the car slows down!). The 911 would
>left-foot brake sweetly, too (worked best at PIR).
>
>I'm also not a physicist. &:-)
>
>But I'll be helping instruct at an Alfa driving school in March out 
>at
>Bremerton and we're having the students do an autox in the afternoon.
>Maybe I can run the Q-car in the autox! Hope you don't mind if I come 
>back
>with additional questions afterwards.... (again, I'm used to driving 
>the
>911 and I'm very "pattern trained" so I could easily do something 
>.....
>educational....)
>
>Thanks so much to Larry; you always have the most detailed and 
>helpful
>posts! ! ! ! ! And yes, the wagging was on exit, not on entry. It's a
>situation where the front of the car is not loaded; I'm on the 
>throttle,
>it's an off-camber turn ....Do any of you know the onramp to 520 
>going
>East, from the Marymoor park area? If you take the onramp from the
>southbound arterial, there's no braking, because it's a steep uphill 
>and
>way around to the right. It could be there's also gravel on the left
>side..
>
>Anyway:
>
>SHAMELESS PITCH:  the Alfa club event is open to EVERYONE, not just 
>Alfa
>owners, so I'll put in a pitch. It's on March 3rd at Bremerton 
>Raceway.
>YOU CAN STILL REGISTER! ! ! ! ! Women and teens (15+ with WA state
>driving permit) are *half price*. The emphasis is for novices, to 
>give
>them more skills and confidence in STREET driving. (We do host track
>events, so if you decide you'd like to come join us later, that's 
>fine
>too! This class would be good preparation.)
>
>We are doing a ground school, skid pad, slalom, 100% threshhold 
>braking,
>100% threshhold braking with roll-on thru chicane; lunch (included in
>price); refresher talk, then autox and handling oval (kind of a 1/4
>miler).
>
>We are especially recruiting women and teens. If any of you are in 
>the
>Seattle area and are interested in participating, the price is cheap! 
>$70
>if you register by today ($35 for half price) and if you register 
>after
>today the price goes only to $80 (and $40).
>
>Here's our website:      http://welcome.to/nwarc
>
>Thanks for your patience!
>
>Tess
>in Seattle
>with new "old" '88 80Q! ! ! ! ! ! ! YAY! ! ! !
>'87 Alfa Spider
>'72 being transformed into a '73 911 RS Carrera replicar
>
>On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Lawrence C Leung wrote:
>
>> Tess,
>>
>> Your car is rotating much faster than you are used to because the 
>lowered
>> suspension transfers weight more quickly.
>>
>> You don't say whether or not the tail comes out on turn entrance or 
>exit.
>
>   --- HAD TO SNIP TOO MUCH GOOD STUFF ---
>
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