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Originally Posted by OoNismoO
lol... man,you take pyhsics at all? why dont you go learn about it. with most of the weight near the center, you basically get the best balance of acceleration, stopping, and turning. yea the corvette has good balance of 50/50 front to rear, but im saying by having more of the weight near the center with 50/50 front to rear, or near it, you get better steering response, and helps the car turn better. think of a stick with weights at the end, campared to a stick with more of its weight at the center, both 50/50 distribution. the one with more of the weight near the center will be easier to turn, or spin, than the one with the wieights at the end. think of both of them going in a straight line, then suddenly turning, the one with more weights near the center should change directions easier.
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Perhaps you should take your own advice before making any comments.
You claimed the 360 would "have less inertia" and ended your sentence, you obviously dont understand inertia so I simply stated what you couldn't, that you cannot claim there is less ninertia anywhere because you do not have the speed at which they are moving, nobody does, it's constantly variable.
You get better steering response? if the wheels turn, and the car does not break traction, your car will turn as fast as you crank the wheel over, thats all there is to it. Having less weight to rotate around the center means it places less stress on the tires as they're turning, which is what you're blindly attempting to say, but it also means that there is less weight on those wheels, and weight is what gives you traction. So what helps a car turn better is properly loading all of the tires and not overcoming their grip, whether you do this with a front engine design or mid, it doesnt matter. Unless you're running a race bred car, sticking the engine in the middle behind the cabin won't give you all the magical gains you believe it will.
As for the sticks, your analogy is fairly good at describing inertia, too bad it doesn't take into account for a tires traction as well. besides that, the 360's drivetrain is not directly in the center either, it has a large amount directly above, or nearly above, the rear axle, making it a rear heavy car. Not so bad as a Porsche, but it is far from rotating evenly. The front has little traction due to the drivetrain being in the rear and the rear is loaded with weight. The Z06 places the engine up front centered at the front axle, and the gas tank & transmission at the rear, so instead of it all at the rear, there's only the transmission and tank, as to which setup has the mass placed further from the CoG, I don't know, but I'd much rather have it distributed across the whole car instead of being all placed in the ass.