Faster cornering with anti-roll stabilization?
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Originally Posted by heezy545i' date='Aug 23 2005, 04:24 AM
Can you actually corner faster with anti-roll stabilization, or does it just feel like you can?
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I believe you can corner faster as the lack of body roll (without rock hard suspension) means that a little less weight is shifted to the outside tires and therefore the inside tires maintain more grip.
Beware, though, because other people will not realize how fast you are cornering without the usual body roll.
Beware, though, because other people will not realize how fast you are cornering without the usual body roll.
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I think PaulK is correct. I'm no Physicist but I have to believe that the car's weight is more evenly distributed over all four wheels when the car stays flatter in a corner with ARS. With a more even distribution, there is a larger contact patch under the inside two tires, etc.
That said, I think you'd have to be cornering mighty fast to really see much of a difference...
That said, I think you'd have to be cornering mighty fast to really see much of a difference...
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Originally Posted by Edlee' date='Aug 23 2005, 08:23 AM
I've overdone it many times only to be corrected by the sight of the DSC lights coming on. 
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Originally Posted by heezy545i' date='Aug 23 2005, 02:24 AM
Can you actually corner faster with anti-roll stabilization, or does it just feel like you can?
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I've seen numbers that show a 545 with a faster lap time at the "ring" than the E39 M5. Certainly the old M5 was a more powerful car than the 545... the common explanation for the E60 getting better times was the increased exit speeds out of the [plethora of] turns on the "ring". Makes me very excited to take my ED 550 out there.... of course I'm sure that I won't be even close to the lap times in question.
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Originally Posted by kfarouki' date='Aug 23 2005, 09:39 AM
[quote name='heezy545i' date='Aug 23 2005, 02:24 AM']Can you actually corner faster with anti-roll stabilization, or does it just feel like you can?
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I've seen numbers that show a 545 with a faster lap time at the "ring" than the E39 M5. Certainly the old M5 was a more powerful car than the 545... the common explanation for the E60 getting better times was the increased exit speeds out of the [plethora of] turns on the "ring". Makes me very excited to take my ED 550 out there.... of course I'm sure that I won't be even close to the lap times in question.
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[/quote]Can anyone drive the ring? I plan to do ED also and how incredible would that be to drive the ring when over there!! My ED would be March, likely, so it's perhaps not possible due to SNOW!
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Originally Posted by kfarouki' date='Aug 23 2005, 10:39 AM
[quote name='heezy545i' date='Aug 23 2005, 02:24 AM']Can you actually corner faster with anti-roll stabilization, or does it just feel like you can?
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I've seen numbers that show a 545 with a faster lap time at the "ring" than the E39 M5. Certainly the old M5 was a more powerful car than the 545... the common explanation for the E60 getting better times was the increased exit speeds out of the [plethora of] turns on the "ring". Makes me very excited to take my ED 550 out there.... of course I'm sure that I won't be even close to the lap times in question.
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[/quote]What were the 545's lap times?