Handling - Factors that influence it!

[speedsatya]

along with tires ,tire pressure is also improtant ....we have have sticky v-rated rubber ,but the wrong tire pressure can change things drastically ..

also the road condtion is also important

[quicksilvr]

Originally Posted by ghostrider4385

Hey Rehaan. What do you mean by that?

And another thing, they say that a strut brace makes the car more rigid and less prone to flex during turns to make cornering (especially high-speed cornering) tighter. How EXACTLY does this flexing effect the car's handling on turns?

Godspeed,

Alok.

When there's excessive chassis flex, you're uncertain of the car's handling. You wouldn't know when it's gonna snap from understeer to oversteer or vice versa.

[hot_rod]

hey guys what about the traction control?

[2fast4u]

here guys is a view of my strut braces front
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vbpicg...p?do=big&p=664
what it does as far as my driving is concerned is that the front end does not dip down when sharp cornering and normally where the suspension would be going down faster in this case the struts come in action. and in RWD into sharp cornering there is more kind of unpredictable drift which can be dangerous if u have to maintain lane discipline, with struts "on" the drift part is very controlled and u could make it drift to ur potential and be in control knowing what and when r u doing it.

rwd and struts should go in conjunction i feel.

[veyron1]

Originally Posted by GTO

Heres a list, that I think, includes all the factors that contribute to make a tight-handling car. Any additional?

1. LightWeight
2. Lower Center of gravity
3. 50:50 weight distribution
4. Taut and Rigid Chassis
5. Aerodynamics
6. Tyres
7. Brakes
8. Tight Suspension (Multi-Link, Active, Double wishbone...)
9. Traction Control + Electronics
10.ABS
11.Gearing
12.Rear-Wheel/AWD
13.Quick + Responsive Power Steering
14.Minimum Body cuts (coupes)
15.No Convertibles
16.Alloy Wheels / Unsprung weight
17.External conditions
18.Differentials (Limited Slip...)
19.Dimensions (Track, wheel base...)
20. Most Imp - The Driver!!!

GTO

nice list...

a few things that came to my mind at first thought;
1) steering ratio (no. of turns lock to lock/ steering g'box ratio)- this would come under point number 13. ah, and yes-all wheel steering.
2) perhaps i'm a little off, but i thought that the optimal weight distribution should be 40:60, i.e, rear biased to overcome understeer; point number 3.

there are so many other points, but all of them come under the above said categories, only in more detail....