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Hey folks,
This has gotten way off topic.
My original point was just this:
Keep the power to weight ratio in the 8 to 10 area and all of the current chassis would be relatively safe from a dynamic standpoint.
Meaning that you would not be dealing with an inherently unstable platform due to excessive power. Now I know that folks will say that they can control their right foot. But from experience, I will have to say that they cannot. The traction equation is very complex and time based. Very few humans can keep up with 5-1 ratios. Even fewer can use them effectively.
There are very good reasons that F1 cars have traction control.
There are also very good reasons that current fighter aircraft are computer controlled. Their power to weight ratio (and control surface dynamics) are such that they cannot be flown by a human without computer assist. They are designed to be inherently unstable. They are faster this way.
F1 cars are designed using this same philosophy. But take away the computer controls and they are undriveable.
The Cobra is not computer controlled. It is controlled by the driver. Therefore, the design must allow for the human.
8-1 is the area that normal folks on the street can deal with. Note: this is not to say that they cannot deal with lower ratios, it just fits the engineering application and capabilities of the normal driver. (I know that it hurts to put yourself in the ranks of the "normal driver, but that is where 99% of us are.)
Remember, I am speaking of street cars. On the street, used everyday. Not track cars. They are a special design case in a controlled environment.
In other words. There is such a thing as too much HP.
But everyone who wants talk about building a JBL or any other Cobra chassis does not listen. They all want 500+. I try my best to get them to listen to reason.
They never do.
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