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Old 02-29-2012, 09:49 AM
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If you take into consideration that many of these cars have 600 hp and weigh aprox 2400 lbs, its easy to see that on a perfectly balanced 50/50 f/r weight that you have 1/2 hp per lb of weight on the tire----now what is harder to see is that if unbalanced, its not that a little hp transfers to the lite side , but most of the hp as soon as the wheel loses a little traction, all the hp goes up in smoke---

Complicate this into the braking situation---front rear bias, anti-dive, maybe some cornering---

It should become abundantly clear that corner weights being pretty close instead of just pretty is a necessity in a car like these
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