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to me this doesn't sound like a good track car. the point of going to the track is to drive the car at the limit, for me anyway. so this basically means its a street car... and in my haven't driven either car opinion, I think I'd rather have the Golf R.
hopefully someone figures out the control unit for the RDU and can tune it to be useful for at the limit track driving... and cooling obviously
ps.
post isn't directed at kyoo, just quoting for link
to me this doesn't sound like a good track car. the point of going to the track is to drive the car at the limit, for me anyway. so this basically means its a street car... and in my haven't driven either car opinion, I think I'd rather have the Golf R.
hopefully someone figures out the control unit for the RDU and can tune it to be useful for at the limit track driving... and cooling obviously
ps.
post isn't directed at kyoo, just quoting for link
well of course camber will help, but is it really gonna do much about when and how the diff works? I guess we'll see when more people start tracking these
I wonder if it's faster when the aggression is dialed back a bit. That would be awkward. And less fun. LOL
Last edited by Robevo RS; Aug 26, 2016 at 05:28 AM.
A driver has to know the strengths and weaknesses of the car, so yes: the driver. Also, i could be more precise and say "gentler is faster". Since slower would be....well...slower LOL
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this quote is taken from the link above
to me this doesn't sound like a good track car. the point of going to the track is to drive the car at the limit, for me anyway. so this basically means its a street car... and in my haven't driven either car opinion, I think I'd rather have the Golf R.
hopefully someone figures out the control unit for the RDU and can tune it to be useful for at the limit track driving... and cooling obviously
ps.
post isn't directed at kyoo, just quoting for link
But, and this is a big but, the car still feels like it has a 60:40 weight distribution (and it does!!!). You can't hide form that when you are at the limit, no matter how trick the differential. Most corners feel the same (plus or minus), and it goes something like this: Understeer in. I then lift slightly to help rotate the car to the apex, and progressive throttle. By the apex I am on the power and the differential is pulling me around the corner. It does work as advertised. The understeer stops, and throttle/diff bends the car around the apex and into the desired line for corner exit. For the diff to work, you can't be on the edge of (losing) grip. That is why the really fast drivers say it feels like a FWD car all the time. 60:40 does that in corners. To make the diff do it's job, you need to slow down. Physics wins. This is not a 50:50 mid engined car, and a fancy drive train will not fix the weight distribution.
hopefully someone figures out the control unit for the RDU and can tune it to be useful for at the limit track driving... and cooling obviously
ps.
post isn't directed at kyoo, just quoting for link
I do agree that it sounds like Ford made a fantastic street and auto-x car, that may not be very good on the track, at least not without a lot of work. And if you're going to do a lot of work (read: spend money) for a track car, why not start with a better platform?
The part you highlighted, when I read it, would more or less apply to nearly every stock front biased AWD car (Evo, STi, Golf R, A3, etc) ever made. The front tires get obliterated by having to do so much work, so the car understeers. Thus the fast way to drive is slow in fast out. If you try to drive it like a Miata or Cayman, it doesn't work.
I do agree that it sounds like Ford made a fantastic street and auto-x car, that may not be very good on the track, at least not without a lot of work. And if you're going to do a lot of work (read: spend money) for a track car, why not start with a better platform?
I do agree that it sounds like Ford made a fantastic street and auto-x car, that may not be very good on the track, at least not without a lot of work. And if you're going to do a lot of work (read: spend money) for a track car, why not start with a better platform?
how about that... The possibility for a real Rvo replacement on the market?.....
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