![]() |
#267 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Drives: miata, mazdaspeed protege, ls430
Location: socal
Posts: 4,416
Thanks: 599
Thanked 1,442 Times in 787 Posts
Mentioned: 28 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
on another front, all this talk about how the mustang has better rims and tires so it isnt fair is stupid. thats like saying that its not fair that the brz is hundreds of pounds lighter. the mustang is cheaper so why do you think spending more money on the already more expensive competitor is fair? |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#268 | |
Workaholic!
Join Date: Aug 2011
Drives: Deciding
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 26
Thanks: 11
Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#269 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Drives: miata, mazdaspeed protege, ls430
Location: socal
Posts: 4,416
Thanks: 599
Thanked 1,442 Times in 787 Posts
Mentioned: 28 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
bottom line is that (while not perfect) contact patch size is a function of the weight of the car and how much weight each inch of contact holds (tire pressure) if tire pressure and weight dont change, a longer contact patch has to be more narrow because it can only be so large |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#270 | ||||||||
Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Drives: e30 150 deville etc etc
Location: Arizona
Posts: 79
Thanks: 0
Thanked 14 Times in 9 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
Where's ANY account of BRZ running 6.4 seconds without roll out...Show me that while you're at it.. Until then 6.4 is an absolutely arbitrary number that has ABSOLUTELY no relevance..as 6.4 was done by Motor Trend..Who records their 0-60 time..using a rollout... Motor trend has confirmed this which is why their 0-60 times are always much faster than every other standard test performed on vehicles.. and in response to MID 6 second 0-60's.. http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...take-road-test Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Because i'm assuming (unless you don't know how dyno's work) that these tests were done in the same conditions or AT LEAST similar conditions on the same type/brand of dyno....So that rules out variation from brand/type drum size and other environmental impacts... That leaves us with the parasitic loss of rotational inertia...In which, the RSX-S has less and the Subaru has MORE....Meaning the subaru LOSES more between it's path from the output shaft to the rubber. Now if we have 2 cars that are BOTH 200HP (actually one is 200 (RSX-S) one is 198(BRZ)) on the same dyno their results should not only be closer...but the RSX-s should have a slight advantage in peak HP production from THOSE indications alone... Which is why it's simple to come to the conclusion it is either not a RSX-S but a RSX+ a part or two...Or a RSX-S who's worn to crap. Quote:
but i'm assuming you missed that part.. Quote:
Quote:
In todays system it's 201hp when calculated for proper humidity etc etc (which to reiterate..IS STILL more than 200ps)....THAT is a SAE standardization in order to protect consumers with cars off the lot..So companies couldn't take advantage of them with inflated numbers here and there.. Big thumbs up to clearing up the fact big business can't lie to us about power ratings they produced in a ice cold room in an oxygen rich environment... Now guess what didn't change with the SAE standards? Metric ratings... which brings us to 210ps to the BRZ's 200ps.... So yes..Manufacturer ratings will vary..Good thing you've said that, because the only reliable source of data we'd have would be the data collected from repeated experiments... And guess what that would be? Multiple dynomometer readings... Multiple dynamometer readings are easily available for the RSX-S..K20A and K20Z...easy easy peezy.. however the "2" we have availible to us for the BRZ avg out to 168WHP...but even with the generous 173WHP rating of inside lines dyno...That puts it square in the cross hairs of what the older series RSX-S dyno regularly.. Actually that 164 of Cobb tuning to the 173 of Inside line is the EXACT parameters in which Pre-05 RSX-S's dyno on avg..... Meanwhile the 05+ RSX-S...Dynos on avg, a tad bit higher than both of them.. now we take a big circle back to the "RSX-S should have a slight advantage on power production than the BRZ simply because their power production is so similar yet the RSX-s spins the front tires" And if you want to throw in the old RSX girl into the equation then you get the "the RSX-S produces slightly less, but due to the nature of FWD should put about the same power to the ground"..but since no one mentioned the OLD RSX-S there's no need to bring it up. So what we're left with....Is a RSX-S that gets more power to the ground, accelerates faster to 60...and has more revs and tighter gears to work with...Making the whole "you won't notice the dip because the GIGANTIC 7Ftlbs of torque will quash that discrepancy" incorrect.... |
||||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#271 | |
Workaholic!
Join Date: Aug 2011
Drives: Deciding
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 26
Thanks: 11
Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
![]() Now if only we could get someone to build us a simulator so we could see the physics at work! |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#272 |
Reverse Burnouts
Join Date: Oct 2011
Drives: 2013 Argento FRS
Location: dallas!!!
Posts: 2,894
Thanks: 707
Thanked 1,257 Times in 592 Posts
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
|
i really wanna hit people...
keepguessing are you going to buy a brz or frs? if not why are you here? i think its only to troll...
__________________
![]() 2000 Carbon Blue Toyota Celica GTS 152000 miles (wont forget you) 2013 Argento Scion FR-S 2011 Infiniti G37x |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#273 |
Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Drives: e30 150 deville etc etc
Location: Arizona
Posts: 79
Thanks: 0
Thanked 14 Times in 9 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
I am seriously considering a BRZ for my wife....But the more I read about it being the second coming of Jesus Christ, the less I want her or myself to be associated with the target group.
And thanks for the a-typical "omg you don't like it more than you like your own mother!!?!?!? Troll!!!!" response. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#274 |
Kuruma Otaku
Join Date: Dec 2009
Drives: Mk3 Supra with Semi-built 7MGTE
Location: Greater Vancouver (New West)
Posts: 6,854
Thanks: 2,398
Thanked 2,265 Times in 1,234 Posts
Mentioned: 78 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
|
How did we go from Mustang has moar powah than BRZ, to RSX has moar powah than BRZ?
I can't keep these comparos straight anymore. Focus ST is about F1 cars being RWD and this is now a pissing match between an out of production FWD car and the BRZ? How about we compare the the RSX-S to the Focust ST? ![]() (on another forum...)
__________________
Because titanium. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#275 | |
Reverse Burnouts
Join Date: Oct 2011
Drives: 2013 Argento FRS
Location: dallas!!!
Posts: 2,894
Thanks: 707
Thanked 1,257 Times in 592 Posts
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
then get a BRZ you dont have to associate(not trying to tell you to get off the forum or not) with this forum or other frs, brz people on the road, thats your choice, same with if you like the car or not you wont see a lot of us in the AZ area anyways, this forum will be useful for DIY work to save money and learn about the car in years to come :P some points 1. 34 mpgs highway with the auto 2. has plenty of airbags 3. has homelink in the BRZ 4. great handling and lots of smiles 5. enough room for a weeks worth of groceries 6. low maintenance (usually toyota and subarus are pretty reliable) 7. tires are pretty cheap for a decent pair 8. navigation (brz) for long trips 9. nimble (easier to avoid deer considering you live in the 4 corner state area) 10. auto has a "snow" mode in case you go to colorado or utah, or if it snows in AZ i could go on...
__________________
![]() 2000 Carbon Blue Toyota Celica GTS 152000 miles (wont forget you) 2013 Argento Scion FR-S 2011 Infiniti G37x |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#276 |
Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Drives: future FR-S
Location: Temple TX
Posts: 52
Thanks: 1
Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
If I had a dollar for every time someone in this thread mentioned "contact patches"....
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#277 | |
ZC6A2B82KC7J
Join Date: May 2011
Drives: 2002 WRX
Location: Providence, RI
Posts: 1,632
Thanks: 361
Thanked 727 Times in 236 Posts
Mentioned: 6 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
What you say would be true if the tire was perfectly circular since a circle will only intersect with a line at one point regardless of diameter as you said. But the tire deforms where it meets the pavement so it is not a perfect circle. The amount of deformation is affected by a number of things such as vehicle weight, tire pressure, and sidewall stiffness. Given that all these things are equal, and only the tire radius is allowed to change, the same amount of deformation in a tire of a larger radius would result in a larger area in contact with the road.
Picture this shape : (_) As you increase the size of the round part of that shape the flat part at the bottom would increase in length. Quote:
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#278 | |||
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Drives: 2013 DZE/01 (sold for MX5 ND1)
Location: western MA
Posts: 871
Thanks: 265
Thanked 269 Times in 133 Posts
Mentioned: 14 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
BTW, an interesting page: http://www.performancesimulations.co...on-tires-1.htm This has gotten off topic; feel free to PM me if you want to discuss it further. |
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#279 | |
Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Drives: e30 150 deville etc etc
Location: Arizona
Posts: 79
Thanks: 0
Thanked 14 Times in 9 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
Like it or not there's a stigma that goes along with alot of automobiles, and it becomes an issue when you actually have to weight the pro's and cons of is this car fun enough to make up for the fact that you'll look like the droves of 28 year old trance blasting morons who are hell bent that "center of gravity means this car is better than a porsche bro!!" and end up getting pulled over by the police 2-3x as often because of the rest of the ownership base. I've ran into that problem with vehicles in the past...Not happening again. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#280 | |
Reverse Burnouts
Join Date: Oct 2011
Drives: 2013 Argento FRS
Location: dallas!!!
Posts: 2,894
Thanks: 707
Thanked 1,257 Times in 592 Posts
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
now on test two get a volley ball(smaller ball) and a basket ball(larger ball) inflate both balls to the same PSI and dip the bottoms in paint press both balls onto a large piece of paper, now press down on both balls with equal force measure the diameter of each paint print the result should show that the volley ball has a smaller contact patch than the basket ball, its 3rd grade science project i hope you can complete it... you can even further the test by putting more pressure on the basket ball to resemble a higher load for larger diameter tires that are usually used on heavier cars the measure the difference in diameter vs the volleyball with less load ![]()
__________________
![]() 2000 Carbon Blue Toyota Celica GTS 152000 miles (wont forget you) 2013 Argento Scion FR-S 2011 Infiniti G37x |
|
![]() |
![]() |
|
|
![]() |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Epic Chris Harris GT-86 / FR-S Review! -- "This is the car I've been waiting for" | kanundrum | Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum | 211 | 01-03-2013 04:29 PM |
Waiting for STI? | gdi2290 | BRZ First-Gen (2012+) -- General Topics | 23 | 03-28-2012 11:07 PM |
Are you waiting for Turbo? | gdi2290 | BRZ First-Gen (2012+) -- General Topics | 152 | 03-28-2012 07:22 PM |
waiting for TRD | june1986 | Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions | 3 | 11-30-2011 02:48 PM |
So anyone else LoLing at all the Autoblog Haters? | rL-gT | Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum | 54 | 11-29-2011 02:39 PM |