http://www.pansypatrol.com/the-line-part-3-the-3-stages-of-a-turn-turn-in-apex-track-out/ News, technical articles, and lessons for those who own, fix, race, modify, or beat their 3000GT or Stealth. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:03:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.pansypatrol.com/the-line-part-3-the-3-stages-of-a-turn-turn-in-apex-track-out/comment-page-1/#comment-450 The Pansy Patrol - Info for the 3000GT / Stealth Community Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:03:04 +0000 http://www.pansypatrol.com/the-line-part-3-the-3-stages-of-a-turn-turn-in-apex-track-out/#comment-450 [...] Why Would I Not Want to Take a Normal Line Through a Corner? The reason for this is that were you to take the best Line through the first corner, you would position yourself on the completely wrong side of the track to take the next corner. Say, for example, that you have a right turn followed immediately by a left turn. If you look at the first turn in isolation, you would enter it on the left side of the track, apex on the right side, and then track-out on the left side at the end of the corner. For the next corner, the opposite would apply. The problem is that the track out position of the first corner and the turn-in point of the second corner are the same, and you would have to be on the complete opposite side of the track for each. [...] [...] Why Would I Not Want to Take a Normal Line Through a Corner? The reason for this is that were you to take the best Line through the first corner, you would position yourself on the completely wrong side of the track to take the next corner. Say, for example, that you have a right turn followed immediately by a left turn. If you look at the first turn in isolation, you would enter it on the left side of the track, apex on the right side, and then track-out on the left side at the end of the corner. For the next corner, the opposite would apply. The problem is that the track out position of the first corner and the turn-in point of the second corner are the same, and you would have to be on the complete opposite side of the track for each. [...]

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