George
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jmvelez, for me its hard to see aero dynamic advantages of the GT because they pretty much got identcal exterior styling. The GT however being larger, allows for more wind resistance, so even if it was slightly better aero dynamicaly because maybe the corners somehow are a fraction different from the original, the sheer size to me would kinda level it out. Ofcourse I could be totaly wrong, but I dont see it physicaly being any different to the 40.
And as far as the cobras etc with 13" brakes and so forth... stick 18" wheels on a GT40 and stick 14" billet alloy brakes, your car will stop harder than you will tolerate.
Thing is, weight. An F1 car uses tiny wheels and small brakes, because theres no weight to stop, so no need 'adding' weight by going large brakes etc. The GT40 being half the weight of a GT, 12" brakes would be equivalent if not better than 14" brakes on other super cars, simply due to the weight factor. This means the car would stop better than other super cars. Also being so much less weight, theres less inertia wanting to pull the car off the track. You can also match the spring rates etc to allow for propper handling, dont overspring, dont underspring, udjust the camber etc to match the cars weight. Suspension is there to control the cars weight when turning side to side and accelerating/braking front to back weight distribution. Springs dont care what kind of body is ontop. Also being such a light car, there is less work for the springs to have to overcome, thus makes the task easier to control and thus can produce superior handling. So, I dunno, doesnt make sense to me.
And as far as the cobras etc with 13" brakes and so forth... stick 18" wheels on a GT40 and stick 14" billet alloy brakes, your car will stop harder than you will tolerate.
Thing is, weight. An F1 car uses tiny wheels and small brakes, because theres no weight to stop, so no need 'adding' weight by going large brakes etc. The GT40 being half the weight of a GT, 12" brakes would be equivalent if not better than 14" brakes on other super cars, simply due to the weight factor. This means the car would stop better than other super cars. Also being so much less weight, theres less inertia wanting to pull the car off the track. You can also match the spring rates etc to allow for propper handling, dont overspring, dont underspring, udjust the camber etc to match the cars weight. Suspension is there to control the cars weight when turning side to side and accelerating/braking front to back weight distribution. Springs dont care what kind of body is ontop. Also being such a light car, there is less work for the springs to have to overcome, thus makes the task easier to control and thus can produce superior handling. So, I dunno, doesnt make sense to me.
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