 Handling: 3rd gen vs. 4th gen |
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  Jul 24 2005, 06:31 AM
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I’ve seen this question thrown around very often on numerous F car forums with no real consensus reached. So which do you guys think is the better handling platform, the 3rd or 4th gen? Also was the 4th gen front suspension a superior design to the modified McPherson setup used on the 3rd gens? I often hear 3rd gen owners saying the 4th gen setup is inferior.
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Jul 24 2005, 09:35 PM
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QUOTE (prockbp @ Jul 24 2005, 11:36) QUOTE (Warez @ Jul 24 2005, 02:42) Can ~1 inch in width and track really have any noticible effect in an autocross?? well, by those numbers it looks like the difference is closer to 2 inches, and that can certainly have an effect on autocross times... especially in a slalom And that's 4" gate-to-gate in a slalom. That would be almost .006 seconds _per_ gate advantage to the 3rd Gen, everything else being equal, in a slalom. Of course, things are definitely not equal, so I think it comes down to what you like, and how far you go in the prep. |
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Warez Handling: 3rd gen vs. 4th gen Jul 24 2005, 06:31 AM
prockbp third gens are lighter and more narrow than fourth... Jul 24 2005, 06:53 AM Warez 3rd gen Camaro dimensions:
Wheelbase 10... Jul 24 2005, 08:42 AM KeithO QUOTE (prockbp @ Jul 24 2005, 00:53)third gen... Jul 24 2005, 09:54 AM PF Flyer I, too, have open tracked both.
I currently run t... Jul 24 2005, 12:05 PM Judd This post comes at a good time for me. I've be... Jul 24 2005, 01:24 PM KeithO Some day I will be running a 3rd gen. The reason ... Jul 24 2005, 01:25 PM prockbp QUOTE (Judd @ Jul 24 2005, 07:24)If you had y... Jul 24 2005, 04:37 PM prockbp QUOTE (Warez @ Jul 24 2005, 02:42)Can ~1 inch... Jul 24 2005, 05:36 PM prockbp QUOTE (Warez @ Jul 24 2005, 00:31)I often hea... Jul 24 2005, 06:09 PM slowTA This is a great discussion, here is how I see it.
... Jul 24 2005, 06:34 PM CMC #37 This is a tough one! I have tracked both, howe... Jul 24 2005, 06:54 PM patred I've autocrossed a few 3rd and 4th gen F Bodi... Jul 24 2005, 11:55 PM Warez QUOTE (prockbp @ Jul 24 2005, 12:09)what is t... Jul 25 2005, 01:16 AM Warez From my understanding the rear suspension are iden... Jul 25 2005, 01:38 AM PF Flyer ... you can tune a suspension on a 4th gen to run ... Jul 25 2005, 02:21 AM prockbp QUOTE (Warez @ Jul 24 2005, 19:38)So it canâ€... Jul 25 2005, 06:49 AM robz71lm7 So how do these cars compare in CMC? CMC would be... Jul 25 2005, 03:12 PM trackbird QUOTE (prockbp @ Jul 25 2005, 01:49)after adj... Jul 25 2005, 03:57 PM CMC #37 I meant to say something about CMC West and how th... Jul 25 2005, 08:55 PM
CamaroFS34 QUOTE (trackbird @ Jul 25 2005, 10:57)Maybe i... Jul 25 2005, 11:54 PM |
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