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lateral g's
what are the most g's id be able to pull (on a skid pad, etc) while still having a car that is "streetable" ... and what would i need to improve to get there? i realize thats a very very broad question... but with "streetability" in mind what would you guys recomend??
as for the why.... i like to corner hard, and im basically rebuliding my project car.... so nows the time to upgrade (while the entire car is torn down to the chassis). thanks guys. -heath
as for the why.... i like to corner hard, and im basically rebuliding my project car.... so nows the time to upgrade (while the entire car is torn down to the chassis). thanks guys. -heath
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ummmm why not throw some slicks on, warm them up and then go for a run? haha that is actually a bad idea for a varity of reasons but the concept is right, why not just try it out for yourself? i mean seriously, how the hell would we beable to tell you what your car could possibly do with out knowing jack about the mods you already have, the mods you are willing to do and the mods you want to do???
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Originally Posted by DamonB
This car bone stock will out corner most anything else. If it's mostly street driven I wouldn't bother with anything other than good tires.
But I think it must be due to the tire size and type they came with, quite different.
RotorMotor: You already have a perfectly balanced car, just lower it (Think: Howard Coleman's suggestions), sway/strut bars and as others have said: Better/Bigger Tires.
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Skidpads maeasure sustained lateral G's only. Keep in mind sustained lateral G's do not translate in to handling agility. Where weight is the significant contributor when it comes to weight transfer. Compare a heavy Supra to a 3rd generation RX-7 to a lightweight Lotus Elise. Think a Supra can outhandle an Elise? I'd daresay that these three have very comperable skidpad numbers. Skidpad data is only one of many factors that dictate a cars capable level of grip.
Want numbers? I'll throw this out for genral consumption:
For a skidpad:
Lateral Accelleration = 1.22 x Circle radius (ft)/ [lap time (s)]^2
The circle radius is to the middle of the circle, ie the car straddles evenly
the 100ft radius circle line.
For any Circle or corner
Lateral g = [speed (mph)]^2 / (15 x turn radius (ft)]
Braking deceleration = speed reduction (ft/s) / time (s)
example 60mph = 88ft/s
so stopping from 60mph to 0 mph is a delta of 88ft/s
if it takes 3 seconds to stop
88ft/s / 3s = 29.3ft/s^2 = 0.91g's
Similarly the revers for acceleration
And FWIW I think My FD on worn and very heat cycled rock hard Yokhama A032Rs generated over 1G. Something like 1.04ish. It's been a while. And this was in novemebr temperatures on a less than perfect pad surface, aka a marked parking lot.
FWIW,
Crispy
PS the skidpad #'s came from one of the major magazines testing back in the mid 90's IIRC when the Supra first came out and the FD was still on the market. I don't recall the specifics
Want numbers? I'll throw this out for genral consumption:
For a skidpad:
Lateral Accelleration = 1.22 x Circle radius (ft)/ [lap time (s)]^2
The circle radius is to the middle of the circle, ie the car straddles evenly
the 100ft radius circle line.
For any Circle or corner
Lateral g = [speed (mph)]^2 / (15 x turn radius (ft)]
Braking deceleration = speed reduction (ft/s) / time (s)
example 60mph = 88ft/s
so stopping from 60mph to 0 mph is a delta of 88ft/s
if it takes 3 seconds to stop
88ft/s / 3s = 29.3ft/s^2 = 0.91g's
Similarly the revers for acceleration
And FWIW I think My FD on worn and very heat cycled rock hard Yokhama A032Rs generated over 1G. Something like 1.04ish. It's been a while. And this was in novemebr temperatures on a less than perfect pad surface, aka a marked parking lot.
FWIW,
Crispy
PS the skidpad #'s came from one of the major magazines testing back in the mid 90's IIRC when the Supra first came out and the FD was still on the market. I don't recall the specifics
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Originally Posted by Riccardo
The supra edged it out stock to stock though?
This is not true
Where are you basing the information on ?
Definetely not the R1
This is not true
Where are you basing the information on ?
Definetely not the R1
Yes it did go look at the motor trend articles where they tested both cars. The supra just barely beat it in that test.
Toyota Supra Turbo: .98G
Mazda Rx-7: .97G
Last edited by importrx7; 04-07-05 at 11:03 AM.
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Originally Posted by CrispyRX7
Skidpads measure sustained lateral G's only. Keep in mind sustained lateral G's do not translate in to handling agility. Where weight is the significant contributor when it comes to weight transfer. Compare a heavy Supra to a 3rd generation RX-7 to a lightweight Lotus Elise. Think a Supra can outhandle an Elise? I'd daresay that these three have very comperable skidpad numbers. Skidpad data is only one of many factors that dictate a cars capable level of grip.
Driving around a skidpad allows you tons of time to carefully adjust throttle/steering input to keep the car in the most neutral turning attitude possible. You (and the car) don't have time to make those adjustments when you've just peeled into a corner to strafe the next apex. If the car's suspension or weight distribution can't handle the weight transfer that occurs at that point, or the power delivery is too rough, you'll be spending your time and speed correcting for those problems, rather than making time to the next corner.
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I've hit nearly 1.1 lateral G's with 4 years old michelins in stock rims,with "untuned" koni yellow's,and 60.000 miles stock springs,but in "brand new" asphalt road.G-tech is the proof
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Um, yeah, it also shows that you never got above 3000 rpm, and that the span of the swerving from left to right you did took less than 12 seconds...
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Those are not sustained G's which is what a skidpad is measureing...but I'm sur eyou knew that . Instantaneous dynamic G loads can in some instances exceed 2 G's.
Want to test? Go to a parking lot and run in a few *complete* circles and then average the G load for a complete circle
BTW the G-tech although accurate will skew the results due to the roll of the car on it's suspension during cornering. I don't know if the newer G-tech can compensate for this yaw. My data points were also taken with a G-tech and confirmed with a stopwatch around a measured circle. The peak G-tech values were slightly off from the timed/measured/calculated average around the circle
Love the traction circle function of that software BTW.
Regards,
Crispy
Those are not sustained G's which is what a skidpad is measureing...but I'm sur eyou knew that . Instantaneous dynamic G loads can in some instances exceed 2 G's.
Want to test? Go to a parking lot and run in a few *complete* circles and then average the G load for a complete circle
BTW the G-tech although accurate will skew the results due to the roll of the car on it's suspension during cornering. I don't know if the newer G-tech can compensate for this yaw. My data points were also taken with a G-tech and confirmed with a stopwatch around a measured circle. The peak G-tech values were slightly off from the timed/measured/calculated average around the circle
Love the traction circle function of that software BTW.
Regards,
Crispy
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This was during rain; concrete surface. Chart on left was on 245/45/16 Victoracers and chart on right was on 225/50/16 Kumho MX. Both on stock wheels, stock springs, Koni shocks and a Tripoint front swaybar.
This pic is a different day on the same dry surface on 245/45/16 Hoosier SO3 with the friction circle displayed as well.
This pic is a different day on the same dry surface on 245/45/16 Hoosier SO3 with the friction circle displayed as well.
Last edited by DamonB; 04-07-05 at 01:44 PM.
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Originally Posted by CrispyRX7
EFS.O
Those are not sustained G's which is what a skidpad is measureing...but I'm sur eyou knew that . Instantaneous dynamic G loads can in some instances exceed 2 G's.
Want to test? Go to a parking lot and run in a few *complete* circles and then average the G load for a complete circle
BTW the G-tech although accurate will skew the results due to the roll of the car on it's suspension during cornering. I don't know if the newer G-tech can compensate for this yaw. My data points were also taken with a G-tech and confirmed with a stopwatch around a measured circle. The peak G-tech values were slightly off from the timed/measured/calculated average around the circle
Love the traction circle function of that software BTW.
Regards,
Crispy
Those are not sustained G's which is what a skidpad is measureing...but I'm sur eyou knew that . Instantaneous dynamic G loads can in some instances exceed 2 G's.
Want to test? Go to a parking lot and run in a few *complete* circles and then average the G load for a complete circle
BTW the G-tech although accurate will skew the results due to the roll of the car on it's suspension during cornering. I don't know if the newer G-tech can compensate for this yaw. My data points were also taken with a G-tech and confirmed with a stopwatch around a measured circle. The peak G-tech values were slightly off from the timed/measured/calculated average around the circle
Love the traction circle function of that software BTW.
Regards,
Crispy
PS That g-tech really rocks for its price.....
Last edited by EFS.O; 04-07-05 at 02:10 PM.
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Originally Posted by PhoenixDownVII
The supra edged it out stock to stock though?
But I think it must be due to the tire size and type they came with, quite different.
RotorMotor: You already have a perfectly balanced car, just lower it (Think: Howard Coleman's suggestions), sway/strut bars and as others have said: Better/Bigger Tires.
But I think it must be due to the tire size and type they came with, quite different.
RotorMotor: You already have a perfectly balanced car, just lower it (Think: Howard Coleman's suggestions), sway/strut bars and as others have said: Better/Bigger Tires.
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Originally Posted by skunks
ummmm why not throw some slicks on, warm them up and then go for a run? haha that is actually a bad idea for a varity of reasons but the concept is right, why not just try it out for yourself? i mean seriously, how the hell would we beable to tell you what your car could possibly do with out knowing jack about the mods you already have, the mods you are willing to do and the mods you want to do???
those are the planned modifications so far in addition to some (relatively) agressive alignment specs. im wondering (while the car is torn apart and im in the parts buying stage) if there is anything else that the experienced people would recomend being upgraded (ie tow links, sway bars, new bushings, etc etc). hopefully thats a little bit more specific. thanks guys. -heath
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What software and who's data acquisition are you running ?
Can it be installed easily onto a stock FD ?
:-) neil
Can it be installed easily onto a stock FD ?
:-) neil
Originally Posted by DamonB
This was during rain; concrete surface. Chart on left was on 245/45/16 Victoracers and chart on right was on 225/50/16 Kumho MX. Both on stock wheels, stock springs, Koni shocks and a Tripoint front swaybar.
This pic is a different day on the same dry surface on 245/45/16 Hoosier SO3 with the friction circle displayed as well.
This pic is a different day on the same dry surface on 245/45/16 Hoosier SO3 with the friction circle displayed as well.
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Ran the Kumho V710 for the first time ever yesterday and am still getting the car sorted on the new tires. The good news? It ain't perfect yet and I'm pulling over 1.3g!!!!
I'll have results in the Geez thread within a couple days.
I'll have results in the Geez thread within a couple days.
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Originally Posted by DamonB
Ran the Kumho V710 for the first time ever yesterday and am still getting the car sorted on the new tires. The good news? It ain't perfect yet and I'm pulling over 1.3g!!!!
I'll have results in the Geez thread within a couple days.
I'll have results in the Geez thread within a couple days.
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Originally Posted by RotorMotor
what is your suspension set up?
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Originally Posted by importrx7
Yes it did go look at the motor trend articles where they tested both cars. The supra just barely beat it in that test.
Toyota Supra Turbo: .98G
Mazda Rx-7: .97G
Toyota Supra Turbo: .98G
Mazda Rx-7: .97G