12-28-2011, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang
You were going too fast for the conditions. I can get the back end to step out in my car on snow tires under braking if I am going too fast... 
More rear weight makes the rear of the car want to overtake the front when you attempt to stop quickly... especially if turning. If you have more weight on the front, the car tends to track much straighter... Simple physics.
There's a reason why the older 911s were notorious for ridiculous amounts of oversteer... all that weight over the rear axle. |
actually i'm talking about braking in a straight line. a lighter rear end is more prone to fishtailing under hard braking. yes in a corner the opposite is true, and the car will tend to understeer. but in a straight line, with the car diving under hard braking, with all the drivetrain weight on the front wheels, the rear wheels are very prone to losing grip. that's why many older pickup trucks used to come with ABS only on the rear axle.
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