Who has the most serious cornering ride on the forum?

[Richard Hudgins]

Originally Posted by deckofficer

I did visit the JBL site and was impressed by the chassis engineering, but even more impressed by 1.4G on the skid pad. Is this for real, or manufacturer's hype? I mean 1.4G is a most amazing feat. Dry sump oiling would be needed I would think. Also, is a track Cobra capable of being streetable? Meaning it can deal with most dips and rises of road surface and transitions. Comfort not a big deal as I drive my Track-T 550 miles in a day with no more drama than a dead butt.

Actually that number is not manufacturer hype. It is the result of a JBL with Michelin Pilot tyres getting around the Motor Trend 100 foot radius skidpad in 9.3 seconds. It was driven by the Motor Trend test editor at the time and timed by them. This time was reported to JBL as they were not in attendance. It was a dry sump car.

The blue car that is shown on the very first JBL web page is owned by Chuck Miller and that car did 13 seconds on the Willow Springs 200 foot skid pad on Hoosier slicks. I was driving. Timing was by Willow Springs personnel.

That same car with a G-tech Pro installed consistently showed 2.4 G in turn one on the long track at Willow and 1.8 in turn two. (Note: turn one has some banking but I do not know how much and the lap times were 1:29>1:30.5)

I think that you will find these lateral acceleration numbers are pretty common these days for properly set up competition cars on slicks.

Also, the stock wheel rates of the Comp chassis are quite low and you would find the ride more comparable to a normal road going sports car then a "Track car". I think that one of the owners of a JBL could describe the ride better then I as almost all of the seat time I have in a JBL is track time.