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Old 05-13-06, 09:41 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I saw that Top Gear too. A big off for the Stig but I thought the owners of the Koenesigg were top sports in saying they would come back having implemented Stigs suggested mod! A sodding great rear wing! Once they had retreived that tyre from the front of the car!

Understeer is safer for road users and oversteer is for Rally wannabe's. Circuit drivers aim for (but don't always get it) a balance that reduces both to the minimum. A true equal four wheel drift is a cool thing to watch and satisfying to occaisionally manage to pull off. But not so easy when on slicks compared to old cross ply racing tyres.

Another big difference between this car and my GTD is the front/rear weight bias. My GTD is roughly 45/55 but the Prosport is 40/60. It is the GTD however that is tail happy in corners and once gone, it is GONE. A lot of this is down to a high engine position in the chassis but with the engine in the Prosport being dry sumped and race engineered from day one it is very low in the chassis.

Ian, I am in contact with William Hewland who raced the car in Coupe form in the mid 90's to 2 championship wins. A different data logger onboard then and no set up sheets being handed out although I have an offer for him to join me for a day to assist in driver and car improvement. Once I know my way around the car more, I will take him up on it.
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