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Originally Posted by SSfriendly
Funny, I have yet to see them test the PP1 against the 1SS…or the 1SS against the 1LE. As it stands, it appears the PP1 turns a somewhat close laptime to what the 1SS has done in the past. Anytime you put a car that underperforms against a track oriented car…you are going to get “unwanted” motions. I’m curious to see if the motortrend folks would have used the same verbiage if they pitted the 1SS against the PP1.
If you wanted to track the PP1, there is no need to do anything unless you want to make it better. The only people that will need coolers on these are those that push the cars hard for a long duration. Most people won’t.
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But MotorTrend DID do a comparison between a non-1LE SS (a 2SS) against the M4. If you haven't watched it, spoiler alert: the 2SS did NOT have unwanted body motions and vague steering. In fact, they declared the 2SS the winner over the M4 (even though the numbers were very close) precisely because of the steering, chassis, and handling characteristics of the 2SS (and they liked the engine more in the 2SS as well).
So, I disagree with your point. You CAN put a car against a track variant, and not have that HUGE amount of body issues. Just put the regular SS against a 1LE. As you said, the PP1 and regular SS are close in terms of lap times, but the regular SS does not have the handling and steering issues of the PP1.
If you are going to have a performance pack and add suspension bits to make the handling better, do a better job. It should have quick turn-in, precision, and feedback in the steering. It should not have too much unwanted body movements in the transitions. The PP1 checks NONE of these boxes. Anytime that you initiate a turn in a car, then have to adjust the steering back in the other direction because of the body flopping around, it is a fail.
The regular SS (non-1LE) doesn't do that. The steering has instant turn-in, extreme precision, and good feedback. That is one of the reasons the 1LE is soooo good. It starts with a great performing car to begin with, and then adds to it to take it up a notch.