More Ebay amusement -1G breaking

[Bob]

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It was the trans am cars, not the stock ones, I should have been
clearer, sorry. In fact when I drive mine, it seems like a far cry from
.8 even with modern tires...

ricematthews wrote:

>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!
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>>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
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>>very close to 1 g in that ride I took around Watkins Glen with Derek Bell
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>>a new 2002 A4q 3.0 (on all season rubber) last year at the ACCNA National
>>event--sure felt like we must have anyway.
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>>Mike Veglia
>>Motor Sport Visions Photography
>>http://www.motorsportvisions.com
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