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badboy6686
03-05-2003, 07:19 PM
hey, some guys over at 240sxforums.com were asking about how many G's a 240 could pull with the right upgrades, well i happened to have last month's import tuner where they showed just that, if you guys would like to see the article, i have some high quality scans over at http://www34.brinkster.com/badboy6686/
hope you guys like it!!
AKADriver
03-05-2003, 07:29 PM
Import Tuna doing a serious tech article? Bestill my black heart!

Oh never mind, they riced it out before the end of the article, hahaha... nice kombat kit :rolleyes:

Anyway a whole lot of that grip number is due to the tires. Toyo Proxes RA-1s are R-compound race tires. A bone stock Dodge Neon ACR on those tires will pull 1.01g.

The suspension work helped, though, and that's also what made it a more balanced car, yadda yadda.
badboy6686
03-05-2003, 07:38 PM
yea, it would have been nice if they ran the tests with just tires, then tested again with all other work done to see where most of the improvement came from... and im with ya on the kombat kit :rolleyes: but hey, before that pic it was straight up, non-rice upgrades :)
DamnedButDetermined
03-05-2003, 07:49 PM
badboy...
your bandwidth has been exceeded for the day, please check back after midnight!
HaLo
03-05-2003, 07:55 PM
see image. :)
Maeda
03-05-2003, 08:30 PM
yah I havnt bought an Import Tuner mag since... well... a long time... but yah if it is just the RA's(and those dodge numbers are factual) they spent a lot of money on other stuff =\ (JIC magic STB's, Coil-overs, and other goodies) it doesnt seem worth the price to me...
smokin240
03-06-2003, 12:52 AM
what does an s13 fastback pull on the skidpad? i know the s14 pulls 0.86 but i think i read it in MotorTrend that the s13 can pull a 0.88g . can someone quote me on this one?
HaLo
03-06-2003, 07:51 AM
0.88g is what I read before.
AKADriver
03-06-2003, 09:44 AM
Originally posted by Maeda
yah I havnt bought an Import Tuner mag since... well... a long time... but yah if it is just the RA's(and those dodge numbers are factual) they spent a lot of money on other stuff =\ (JIC magic STB's, Coil-overs, and other goodies) it doesnt seem worth the price to me...

It's worth it in a car that transitions better and such. Tires make a lot of difference in ultimate grip.. if not the most difference when you consider that most cars these days have very low CG's and generally good suspension geometry.

My source for the Neon's number was a Car & Driver autocross test between the Mustang Cobra, Saturn SC2, Miata, and Neon, back in '97.
Maeda
03-06-2003, 11:27 PM
Ahh i forgot about real driving, and transitions... i was just thinking about a skid pad contest... heh sorry
thx247
03-07-2003, 01:26 AM
well if a AVCR is accurate at all, then a well tuned 240 can easily pull 1.06g with crappy tires on it cause I managed to do it in my brothers a few times.
AKADriver
03-07-2003, 07:44 AM
Momentarily, yes. You weren't running a standard-size concrete skidpad, though, which is where the magazines get their numbers. They run the car in a circle faster and faster until the car breaks loose, measuring the maximum steady state cornering force.

Ever seen the Top Gear video with Jeremy Clarkson driving the R34 GT-R? He gets the GT-R's stock accelerometer to fly WAY off the scale in lateral G's.