StressedDave wrote:Given that my previous career involved spending a lot of time working out the effects of this, the extra grip (which doesn't exist by the way, only the amount of steering needed to achieve maximum grip) effects are normally significantly outweighed by the effects of modifying the suspension to fit the elastic bands into the car. If I had a pound for every Max Power reader with an angle grinder I'd have £4.50...
Oh, and ESP doesn't work like that - it works by creating a positive or negative yaw moment by braking alternate wheels in order to prevent the car from excessively yawing combined with a traction control function to slow you down in circumstances where it detects that the grip level is lower than required for your desired speed and radius combination. A lot of work is going into positive torque devices so you have a controllable differential that does the same thing, leaving the brakes and engine to deal with the traction control.
Susie wrote:The Discovery was now able to go round corners quicker and the drivers didn't get any feeling of body roll. Result...well, I leave that to your imaginations
Gromit37 wrote:So, my next question is... what benefits do the wider tyres provide over the skinny ones on my KA?
StressedDave wrote:...Now they can't stop making it...
ScoobyChris wrote:Susie wrote:The Discovery was now able to go round corners quicker and the drivers didn't get any feeling of body roll. Result...well, I leave that to your imaginations
No feeling of body roll?!?! My P reg Disco had loads of body roll (although less than my friends who took his ARB's off for better offroad ability) :}
Chris
Renny wrote:I think Susie means the TD5 Doscovery from '98 onwards. Our TD5 had ACE (Active Cornering Enhancement) which is hydraulic controlled anti-roll bars front and rear. These have the effect of reducing body roll whilst cornering on-road, but still allowing suspension flex off-road. The result is that fast corners produce very little roll if you are gentle and smooth on entry. The down-side is that you tend not to realise just how close to the limits of adhesion you actually are.
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