Comments on: The Line, Part 12: Is a Clean Line Always Fastest? http://www.pansypatrol.com/the-line-part-12-is-a-clean-line-always-fastest/ News, technical articles, and lessons for those who own, fix, race, modify, or beat their 3000GT or Stealth. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:01:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Noah http://www.pansypatrol.com/the-line-part-12-is-a-clean-line-always-fastest/comment-page-1/#comment-1469 Noah Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:27:49 +0000 http://www.pansypatrol.com/the-line-part-12-is-a-clean-line-always-fastest/#comment-1469 This car behavior will happen in any environment if you manipulate the controls correctly. Whether you would like to do it in every situation is another question entirely. Techniques like this one to get the car to rotate flirt with the edge of control. In can be the difference between winning and losing a race, but doesn't really get you anything on a track day beyond your own satisfaction. This car behavior will happen in any environment if you manipulate the controls correctly. Whether you would like to do it in every situation is another question entirely. Techniques like this one to get the car to rotate flirt with the edge of control. In can be the difference between winning and losing a race, but doesn’t really get you anything on a track day beyond your own satisfaction.

]]> By: Richard C. http://www.pansypatrol.com/the-line-part-12-is-a-clean-line-always-fastest/comment-page-1/#comment-1468 Richard C. Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:36:10 +0000 http://www.pansypatrol.com/the-line-part-12-is-a-clean-line-always-fastest/#comment-1468 "Miata a bit more throttle than it could handle, the rear would kick out and the car would rotate, but the rear would catch as soon as it hit the hill. I was therefore able to get the rotation needed without having to slow down to let the front do the work. This is a particularly advanced technique, especially in the wet, so proceed with caution." Would that happen in just time trials or races as well where there is more of a safety/control thing with the cars behind and in front of you? “Miata a bit more throttle than it could handle, the rear would kick out and the car would rotate, but the rear would catch as soon as it hit the hill. I was therefore able to get the rotation needed without having to slow down to let the front do the work. This is a particularly advanced technique, especially in the wet, so proceed with caution.”

Would that happen in just time trials or races as well where there is more of a safety/control thing with the cars behind and in front of you?

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