quote:Originally posted by ZR1 Pantera:
Doug,
What is happening here? I am in complete agreement with you AGAIN!
I think part of the problem with safety is anyone can get a car like ours, put a huge high horsepower motor in it, with huge brakes, and then their testosterone kicks in. They think they are invincible. They stop thinking and believe the car can do anything. Until they wrap it around a pole.
I use to have a hi horsepower off-road car. Over the years, everybody and there mother's were getting these cars. Guys were taking 2nd's on their houses to buy a 50-80K off-road car. FOR THEIR FIRST CAR. What do you think happened to a lot of these guys. Yes, they crashed their cars. Some rolled and some people were killed. They get in a high dollar car and feel invincible.
I believe with a high horse power car and a car with race worthy brakes, you need the appropriate tires to get the power and brake performance to the ground and the driver skill to maintain control. And I agree that there are limits to both usable horsepower and usable brake performance on the street.
OMG! What's going on here?
The fuesable link here is the tires.
It is possible to create and put on the street a true super car here.
CAN a tire be found adequate to the job?
The Gp4 cars attempted this and I suppose were successful enough.
Problem is though that those cars were raced under much closer to ideal conditions than a street car is exposed to.
Again. Maybe it is better to build very specific and calculated limitations into a street vehicle?
You can put the ultimate tire on a car, but it doesn't see the ultimate road 100% of the time.
This is all serious stuff to consider.
Don't worry. I'll keep posting until something comes up that we disagree on. It could be any minute.
