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Originally Posted by IOMZL1
It is a fact that FWD weight bias creates understeer and he basically said that was the reason for not changing the tires. They went another route - many ways to skin a cat. True, the ZL1 is heavier. Each has their own strengths and weaknesses.
I'm not sure how many world class cars have more FWD weight balance than the GT500. All I'm saying is that he seemed to indicate a larger front tire was a bad thing when in fact it isn't that simple. As you say, it is all in the engineering which is my point. He just wanted to make GM's way of doing things look unrefined when that may not be the case. You don’t see F1 cars with skinny front tires regardless of their near ideal weight distribution.
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Ideal balance for a sports/race car is 40F/60R, not 50/50 as most people seem to think. Even with 50/50 weight distribution a car will tend to understeer.
The Mustang is around 57F/42R roughly, so they have to stick to skinny rears compared to the fronts, to try and reduce the understeer.
That being said... IF I ever get the chance to drive a GT500 in comparison to the Camaro... I wouldn't say no
As for that guy doing the explanation.... Doesn't really convince me, there are too much "erhms" in his explanation, and his eyes are everywhere (something they tought me NOT do to when giving a presentation... Always look at a fixed point, when you don't want to look into a camera/the audience)