Gday Trev! Good to hear from you! Yeah its signposted at 20 or 25 :)
Dad said he saw you a few weeks ago - we'll have to catch up I'd love to see how your race car is going. Andrew > Hey Andrew, > > Good going considering the 0.8 we got at Sandown last year with my car. > > Good choice of corner to... I've ripped around there in the Micra a > couple of times good fun. Isn't it marked at 25km/h! > > Cheers > Trev > > On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 10:43, Andrew Greenbury wrote: > > Hi Terry, > > > > Yeah thats exactly it - It was part of my work; I wasnt out to find > > the outer limits of my (recently on the road) 510, especially on a > > public road, although it wasnt occupied at the time. > > > > Having said that, the 50-60 kmh speeds werent speed limit > > imposed - I reckon you'd be hard pressed to take the corner much > > more than 60 kmh. Maybe if any Melb listers want to have a go, we > > could hook up the data logger to get some quantative measure of > > the 1600s performance limits? > > > > Andrew > > > > > Andrew, > > > Realistically, what sort of speeds could a well sorted 1600 negotiate that > > > bit of road safely. You seem to have only done the test at on or a bit above > > > legal road speeds, great results but it would be interesting to see a bit of > > > a go with the same gear. If so, then .9g lateral is impressive, but pushed a > > > 1600 will achieve very similar to race prepped cars and pretty much in > > > street trim. > > > > > > regards > > > Terry > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew > > > Greenbury > > > Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2002 2:31 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: 1600 measured cornering performance... > > > > > > > > > hi List, > > > > > > For part of my work the other day I had to hook up a data aquisition > > > system to my road 1600 to evaluate a sensor during cornering, so I > > > thought I'd share some of the results if anyone was interested > > > (screen dumps at): > > > http://opax.swin.edu.au/~185404/data/ > > > > > > For Melbourne listers, the corner in question is the Mitcham end > > > entrance to the Eastern Fwy - a smooth constant radius (of about > > > 30m) 180 degree right hand turn. > > > > > > In the top screen, the red trace is lateral (cornering) acceleration, > > > blue is longnitudinal (forward/braking) acceleration, and the green is > > > vertical. The bottom screen is speed. > > > > > > As can be seen, the little 510 reached ~0.9G cornering > > > acceleration, while still remaining very balanced. For comparison, a > > > V8Supercar reaches ~1.5G, and Phil Morriss's FJ24 racecar > > > generated ~1.2G at Robroy hillclimb. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
