Dunno where I heard it but I did hear of this rumor. It'd be interesting to see.
Dunno where I heard it but I did hear of this rumor. It'd be interesting to see.
Corvettes won't be winning Le Mans overall any time soon. Diesels are the future and imagine the outcry if GM put a diesel in a Corvette
Maybe Kenworth has a chance
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That's quite debatable. Whether Diesels are truly better or not is irrelevant. It's the regulations that will make or break the diesels in Le Mans. I believe the goal of the governing body is to keep the field balanced. So it's possible more restrictions will be put on future Le Mans Diesel entries. Even possible that the corrections will be too great and leave the diesel vehicles at a disadvantage.
No its fairly close but that figure is more like 51-52/49-48. It still drives well from what I have read but I keep reading that it doesn't have enough weight over the drive wheels making it tricky to drive at the limit. Off course making it mid engined would tip the balance in the other direction which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Depending on who you talk to changes what sort of balance is optimal. Some people rather a static 50-50 balance, where under braking it puts more weight over the front and under acceleration more weight over the rear. Some rather a rear static bias where under braking it goes to 50-50, and under acceleration theres even more weight over the rear.
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Mechanically-no-except for an aluminum smallbock. But, if GM hypothetically made a LMP1 I think it would bare the Corvette name and borough a few styling cues. GM needs to sell some Vets on monday . Besides it wouldn't be the first GM prototype to be called a Corvette.
I am only speculating though
I knew of that, and if I'm not mistaken there was also a Ford Probe, but those were only race in the IMSA series in the US IIRC, a car which races at Le Mans needs to appeal a wider audience. I'm not saying it isn't possible I just find it unlikely.
Not that GM is going to build an LMP1 prototype soon anyway.
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From a vehicle dynamics point of view, a 50-50 split is only ideal if you have identical front and rear tires (size and type) and you are turning without accelerating or braking. The rest of the time 50-50 is not necessarily ideal and in many cases like a FWD car it is far from ideal.
That said, like many numbers used in marketing it's easy for those who don't understand the subject to grasp that what sounds like a simple and surefire concept; even is best. Kind of like the CPU with the fastest clock speed must be faster. That's why my 4 year old Celeron (2.0ghz) is faster than my new Core Duo (1.8ghz). It's wrong but it's easy to market it to those who don't understand computers.
no.
same size is a MUST when it's AWD.
It depends on suspension dynamics whether the tyre size makes a difference for RWD. For FWD it's pretty irrelevant
During those times is when a 50:50 split is ideal.and you are turning without accelerating or braking
By applicaiton of braking ( esp trail-braking ) and throttle you can adjust the balance and hence grip and thus improve the handling. This is much harder to achieve if the balance is more in favour of front or rear.
No layout is "ideal" so aiming for the best compromise is "ideal".The rest of the time 50-50 is not necessarily ideal and in many cases like a FWD car it is far from ideal.
WHich gets you back to 50:50
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I was going to type out a long post about this but I think it's correct to say, yes, you are right because I didn't put in all the needed disclaimers.
50-50 is ideal assuming you have identical tires at all four corners and you are intent on maximizing lateral grip while neither accelerating or braking. AWD cars certainly can have uneven sized tires front and rear however, unless you want to play some tricks with the gearing you want equal diameter front and rear (I assume that is what you meant). Equal width isn't a requirement at all.
Here is a post I wrote on this topic:
Originally Posted by me
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