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Old 08-26-2005, 06:27 PM   #1
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Fun facts...and a question

I figured I'd post this up and check.

A lot of people have brought up the fact that I've had a lot of traction issues and how that could be possible with "such a slow car." After getting over the fact that everyone's going to stereotype a car based on gas mileage, let's go into some facts.

124bhp is more than enough to make a 2300lb car scoot. S-series turds weigh 2300lbs and make 124hp at the crank.

Naturally, everyone knows that when you slam on the gas, all the weight slams onto the back tires, thus making the front tires lighter. A FWD car will smoke tires a lot easier than a RWD car. You laugh reading this statement, but it is true. Take a RWD car with 300whp and take a FWD car with 300whp. The FWD car will smoke a lot easier because there's no weight on the back, and the RWD car will hook up faster. This is NOT taking into account any brake stands or the like. Straight up mashing it.

Now take an 04 Corvette with the performance axel option. This is a 3.42 gearing. WOW, right?

Now take a stock s-series Saturn. What could this economy car possibly have as an axle ratio? 1.02? 2.32? Nope. Try 4.06. Yes, you read that correctly. S-series saturns come with 4.06 gearing. That's massive amounts of acceleration. They just don't come with the horsepower to utilize it, but they WILL spin tires because of the weight transfer and axel ratio. This will cause massive amounts of traction issues when wet.

So what are all your opinions and what (if you know) is your axel ratio?
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