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Old 03-23-2012, 04:33 AM   #1790
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
What do you mean shift out of the track? :O
Take a regular front-heavy FWD car, for example, a Mazda 3 with 60/40 F/R weight distribution. When you do hard-braking, the COG moves to the front, and this is weight transfer. How much weight is transferred to the front is based on how hard you brake. For a high COG car with most nose heavy, doing hard-braking puts load to the front wheels, and thus limits the ability to turn.

I am *guessing* that while doing this hard braking, the COG of such car actually move close to, but probably not over the front track. Because it if it went over the front track, the car may flip forward, just like hard-stopping a bicycle only using the front brake. Since car brakes at both front and rear, this flipping forward scenario does not happen.

If you try hard-braking a SUV or a Mini Van you will feel the weight moving forward. That is just physics and momentum working.

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I think low center of gravity is important for a road going car, because it allows you to enjoy the same level of grip with softer suspension and higher ride height. Remember, dropping this car 1 inch will give it lower center of gravity than an LFA! No doubt that this helps a little bit in ride comfort.
Indeed, having a lower COG will give you go-kart feel since go-kart really represents a smaller scale F1 race cars (most F1 drivers starts from go-kart just so you know). However, would you care to explain the two sentences in bold with more details?
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