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Originally Posted by Casalino
I didn't put much attention to the comments. But it seems like there is a lot of back and forth over tenths of a second regarding acceleration times between the two.
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I'm afraid that's always going to happen as long as any acceleration results get published - or even if they're just hinted at in the text/conversation. It's the first thing about car performance that people become aware of, and for many folks it remains the first thing about cars that they think about and the easiest thing for them to talk about. It's been that way for as long as I can remember.
If you're not competing seriously enough to absolutely have to start out with the best raw material for the purpose, then of course differences of tenths of seconds, a mph or so, or a couple hundredths of a lateral g shouldn't hold make-or-break status. But even with that view, three full seconds around a short road course does indicate a big enough mismatch to tip more than a few decisions that might otherwise have been toss-ups.
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