Production based handling

What is the highest cornering acceleration a production based race car has been able to pull? I've read magazine build ups that brag (a lot) about 1g, but has anyone build a production car that car pull 2, or 3?

Doubtful, only race cars will pull that much G in a corner with race only suspension and sticky tires.


Although, you could dump alot of money into a car, and get it to corner like stink... just takes time and more importantly money.

The new Z06 will do a bit over a G in the corners, as well as a few other cars of it's caliber, but 2+ isn't gonna happen on anything short of a full out racing vehicle. That's an isane amount of gripping capability.

agreed with the above posts. although if i had to make some guesses at production cars that would come closest... maybe the caterham? aerial atom, or maybe a lotus elise?

What is the highest cornering acceleration a production based race car has been able to pull? I've read magazine build ups that brag (a lot) about 1g, but has anyone build a production car that car pull 2, or 3?
Production cars are pretty much limited by there tires. You have to remember that most hi-end sports cars are bought by people that care more about not having to change a flat tire then how good there car handles.

Production cars are pretty much limited by there tires. You have to remember that most hi-end sports cars are bought by people that care more about not having to change a flat tire then how good there car handles.



Run-flats are pussy.

...and more importantly money.

They had a DSM in SCC a while back that was close to if not over 1g, and it was the budget tunner thing. I have the issue, I just need to get unlazy and walk the whoping 15 feet to go get it.

the highest ive ever heard of is 1.52g by some superformance car in a road and track mag. after that would be the mosler mt900s, which car and driver got to pull 1.08g. i think a caterham pulls 1.07, lotus elise maybe 1.03? ariel atom i don't know

"A modern Formula One car is capable of developing 3.5 g lateral cornering force (three and a half times its own weight) thanks to aerodynamic downforce."

http://www.formula1.com/insight/technicalinfo/11/468.html

So if a F1 car is pulling 3.5Gs I'd imagine thats about the limit with modern technology.

I'd be curious what the Saleen S7 or Enzo pulls on racing wheels.

I thought racing go-karts could pull massive G's... not sure the exact number though.

But I know they get pretty damn high.

So if a F1 car is pulling 3.5Gs I'd imagine thats about the limit with modern technology.




Well to be 100% fair that should state: limit with modern technology while Mosley is yelling at you and pulling rules from you know where.;)

I'm certain without any limiting rules F1 cars and other race cars in general would pull far more in corners.

And I thought that in high speed max downforce corners modern F1 cars could pull over 4G. That is what I hear at least I'll look up some proper numbers in a bit.

And I thought that in high speed max downforce corners modern F1 cars could pull over 4G. That is what I hear at least I'll look up some proper numbers in a bit.

that would make sense to me, because IRL cars can pull 3.5g...

the highest ive ever heard of is 1.52g by some superformance car in a road and track mag.

superformance brock coupe? i didnt know it pulled that much but thats cool as hell, thats one of my favorite cars in the world.

well those 3.5 and 4 g numbers are not sustained...


the numbers you see for cars at 1g or so are 200 foot or such skidpad ratings that are from a constant, consistent, sustained turn...

in before the lock :smokin:
assuming its old enuf to get locked

I just wanna know what kind of a retard searches back through 20 pages of OT thread to bring back a 4 month old post that nobody cares about?
I mean seriously what would posses you to click the "next page" over and over again when you can be an active participant of shit we are discussing right-now?

well those 3.5 and 4 g numbers are not sustained...


the numbers you see for cars at 1g or so are 200 foot or such skidpad ratings that are from a constant, consistent, sustained turn...

actually, the indy cars pulling 3.5,3.4 g's is sustained. they hit over 4 unsustained.

I read that F1 cars have pulled 6g's on wikipedia, at the 130-R corner at Suzuka. And can't the Caparo T1 pull 3g's? Or doesn't that count as a production car?

NissanPower, please don't drag up threads more than three months old.

Closing. . . .