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Originally Posted by WestRace
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Originally Posted by Red Bread
All lies. 50/50 is perfect and a rearward bias is failed engineering!
Where is the resident Vette basher?
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50/50 does not tell the whole story. It's just a number. The distribution of weight in the car - high or low center of gravity and so on that cannot be summarized in just one number.
Ideally the engine should be right at the center of the car. Both cars may have 50/50, the one with the engine in the middle will be better than the car with the engine up front. |
You're talking about polar moments, and it's a valid point. However a 40/60 bias will be faster than a 50/50 bias for all of the reasons listed in the article above. Obviously there's a point of diminishing returns to rearward bias, but no one ever built a mid engine car and brought it back to 50/50 for a reason.
The benefit of 50/50 in a front engine car is that once underway, it behaves closer to a rear heavy car. There's a reason that FD RX7's were about the same balance as a Boxster although they clearly could have kept more weight on the nose if your science was factual.