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Originally Posted by CleanNeon98
Higher corner speed = more g-force. Regardless, I stick to what I said. Maintenance on road racing cars is higher than those of autocross. Ask your friends who regularly do both what it costs to maintain their cars for the season.
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Dude just quit while you're ahead, I'm the worst person you want to be arguing with about this...
Higher corner speed has NOTHING to do with more g forces, you can generate the same amount of g force at 5 mph as you can at 500 or even 500,000. A car generates g force based upon the tire's contact patch, the car's weight, and the suspension dynamics, NOT the speed. That is a fact that is based here in the real world where I live.
Maintenance on track day cars is higher per event, but track days only happen 1/8th as much unless you have DEEEEEP pockets which none of us really have. Autocrosses happen every other week and thus the same if not more stress gets put on the car as a whole, BUT at each autocross more stress is put on the suspension, bushings, and a slew of other things due to the nature of how the cars are tossed around at solo 2 events.
EDIT: Wow, I can't believe both of you think that higher speeds have anything to do with g force, I guess that perfectly illustrates why you two are arguing what you are arguing.
I make it a point to not argue with people about things I know very little about, write that down.