Who has the most serious cornering ride on the forum?

[deckofficer]

Originally Posted by Richard Hudgins

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.

Richard,

That post of yours is music to my ears. I am NOT going to keep pushing the envelope on my Track-T, as I would rather stay alive. The fact that I'm king of the anthill with my fellow bucket owners is just fine by me. To get some serious jollies driving, after proper instruction of course, I think I have found my next ride. I also use the G-Tech. Still keeping the T of course because I will need an ego massage after mixing it up with you guys on track day. After the spanking I'm sure to recieve the first couple of seasons, I can slip back with the T group and regain some dignity. The idea of a track Cobra being more comfy than my Track-T has me seeing visions of me towing the Track-T with the Cobra to the longer distance T events I enter. As of now I drive the T to all events, even the ones 2000 miles from me.

BTW Richard, my winter place is just north of Lake Elsinore, so we are neighbors almost.