Guys...spend some time studying this chart. I'm happy to answer any questions about it.
It's a friction circle or g-g diagram I produced from some recent Autocross data logs. The course had mostly important right hand turns hence the bias to that side.
The 0,0 point in the middle of the funny shape is when there is no acceleration in any direction. Stopped or straight forward or backward at constant speed would be at that point. To the left = left turns and to the right = right turns. Below the equator and there is some braking going on, above it and there is some gas pedal action. Get it? Where I put the red stars is very interesting. Notice that you can corner the Elise harder with slight braking than with none!! When driving to the limit, you want to spend as much time as possible on the perimeter and transition rapidly through the core.
This is with the stock "touring" tires. Folks that is a pretty good performance envelope. You can see what I mean when I say that the Elise is a killer trail braking machine!!
It's a friction circle or g-g diagram I produced from some recent Autocross data logs. The course had mostly important right hand turns hence the bias to that side.
The 0,0 point in the middle of the funny shape is when there is no acceleration in any direction. Stopped or straight forward or backward at constant speed would be at that point. To the left = left turns and to the right = right turns. Below the equator and there is some braking going on, above it and there is some gas pedal action. Get it? Where I put the red stars is very interesting. Notice that you can corner the Elise harder with slight braking than with none!! When driving to the limit, you want to spend as much time as possible on the perimeter and transition rapidly through the core.
This is with the stock "touring" tires. Folks that is a pretty good performance envelope. You can see what I mean when I say that the Elise is a killer trail braking machine!!
