RE: Dead spider

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <NDBBLAEFGLJIPLEPAPCIEECGCMAA.peterb@mysysltd.com> peterb@mysysltd.com writes:

> Four wheel drifting this beastie may be no problem - but it is an extreme
> maneuver in a car of this weight.

> Do watch out on variable surfaces - patchy gravel - wet asphalt with smooth
> and rough spots or painted lines and tar repairs. The spider bites when the
> traction balance is thrown off by large variances in the frictive surfaces
> and fools the torsen into oscillating the torque split.

Yes.  The classic 'party trick' is actually executed over the brow of a
traffic island exit and combines a rapid right-left-right-left with the
brow, a surface change and a road camber change.  The drift is long and
comes at the exit.

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 Phil Payne
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