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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
Good point about lacking an IRS...that's why it was so choppy and difficult to control... 
If I can turn the point around....how will the way more horsepower be useful when exiting a turn, then, if the torque is measurably less?
And I have to question the sheer physics behind the concept of the comparably nose-heavy GT500 on street compound tires out-handling the Boss LS (which rides on R-compounds). |
I think you may have misworded your first question. Do you mean to ask how it would be useful in the straights? My point was less peak torque in the lower gears is useful for the car when exiting a turn because the tires will be less overwhelmed. Higher horsepower will result in higher average force to the wheels unless they completely botched the upper gears, so the new one should be faster in the straights. I may have misunderstood your question though, let me know if I did.
Weight distribution on the current GT500 and Boss are very close. Since we don't know the weight distribution of the new GT500, it's hard to say it will be any worse than the Boss considering they are only 1% apart right now.
The 2012 Boss 302 has a 55/45 F/R weight distribution
The 2012 GT500 has a 56/44 F/R weight distribution.