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Originally Posted by lakatu
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Originally Posted by st-anger
i mean the viscous coupling is really a helpfull thing, and if one is quite skilled the AWD is nearly a perfect solution, of course weight remains an issue...
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So with a skilled driver like WR would the cornering speed be slower, the same or higher with a:
1. 996 Turbo compared to
2. 996 Turbo with the 4 wheel drive system removed and thereby weighing less? |
hard to say again, the whole AWD system is ~50-60kg more weight, but i tend to say that the AWD car should be faster, BUT on the other hand, when we´re speaking of true performance, pro racers´d like to have a car that has a tendency to oversteer, and no understeering at all, so AWD even with the whole viscous coupling system isn´t an option mainly because of weight and it´ll understeer a bit when you through it into the corner hard, but as i said, we lift the throttle when entering to force some opp lock and the car´ll oversteer a bit, and then hit the accl again, sure, this takes time too, but you won´t be happy if you´re pushing it pedal to the metal into a corner...
it´s really hard to answer that question, on the one hand there´re quite some benefits but to tell which one is significantly faster....well i think we can´t really answer that question.... but nevertheless IMO it´s at least quite as good as the lighter RWD, probably slightely better, depends on the driver as well, driving a RWD Porsche, e.g. GT2, at the limit is quite challenging, with a e.g. TT X50 everything is much more smoother and you´ve a better feeling for the car...what´ll it do next and stuff like that...
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