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Old 06-14-2012, 02:12 PM   #8 (permalink)
Red__Zed
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Originally Posted by Shamu View Post
As a long time Porsche track car driver I can tell you our wet rear grip sucks. I have read journals of racers in 370z race cars in Europe too who experience same thing.

That tendency of the Z to initiate a little mid to late turn oversteer on power doesnt work so well when grip goes away!
The z is geared for steady state understeer, which forces you to use throttle oversteer coming out...it's a much finer balance in the wet.
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