daz6215 wrote:I was recently reading a post by Rob on piston heads where he makes a statement "If you put something on, take something off" I am personally in agreement with this as it does tend to balance the vehicle, would this be of any value to Roadcraft?
Rob has posted on this extensively in the past. He comes from a racing background (and is an excellent road driver - I went out with him).
His argument is for braking into the bend, blending off the brakes as you progressively apply steering, and blending on the power as you progressively reduce steering towards the exit of the bend (but not before you reduce steering). He changes down under braking using H & T. Taking a bend like this, the tyres are handling a roughly constant g loading throughout.
On the other hand if you drive like a Roadcrafter the tyres are under load while braking, then the load is reduced as you come off the brakes before turn-in, then there is a turning load, then when the view opens up you start to accelerate while there is still a turning load, and you increase the load on the tyres further by accelerating while still turning.
Personally I prefer the Roadcraft approach. I would say that the grip of the tyres should not be an issue and that other matters such as vision and safety margins are more significant than maintaining a constant load. Rob points out that many drivers including 'advanced drivers' are often much closer to the limit of grip than they realise, and that therefore it would be valuable to drive in a style which keeps the margin from the limit of grip constant so as not to inadvertanly step over it.