More Ebay amusement -1G breaking

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A check on performance statistics confirms that VERY few street cars claim
to break the 1.0 g mark.
Ferrari F50:  1.02 g
I have heard a C5 Vette will do it.
A Production '69 Boss 302?  A recent "old vs. new" test showed .80 on modern
Goodyears.  Another source estimated 0.70 on vintage rubber.
1970 Mustang Trans-Am car - 1.1.
An '88 944 Turbo - 0.9g
A stock A4 2.8Q - 0.8g
Clearly different testers and different skidpads yield slightly different
results, but no matter the skidpad, a slightly modified A4Q will turn in
numbers significantly below the claimed 1.1g.

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Agreed. In fact, according to a couple of mustang books I read my car
was one of the first production cars to break 1g, and that was in 1969!
  (69 Boss 302)


Mike Veglia wrote:

>
>I admit, I haven't looked at said evilbay ad in question, but, stock 944s
>broke the 1g barrier some 15+ years ago on tires that make much of today's
>"all season" rubber are look like gumballs. Lateral 1g cornering should not
>be a difficult achievement for a decent handling car running on modern
>sticky rubber. I wouldn't be at all surprised if a well sorted Ur-Q or 4kq
>could. I would *hope* an A4 could with good rubber and possibly some
>shock/spring mods. 944s I have driven don't handle *that* much better than
>other good handling cars after all (IMO). I would hazard a guess that we
got
>very close to 1 g in that ride I took around Watkins Glen with Derek Bell
in
>a new 2002 A4q 3.0 (on all season rubber) last year at the ACCNA National
>event--sure felt like we must have anyway.
>
>Mike Veglia
>Motor Sport Visions Photography
>http://www.motorsportvisions.com