Breaking 1G

[urq]

One lateral G?  Let's see, that's a 45 degree bank ... no biggee, and 2Gs is
a 60 degree bank ... ooops!  wrong vehicle!  ;-)

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)


> 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.
> >
> >**********************************************************************
> >
> >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)