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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 04:25 PM
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I should have been more specific, what I mean is throttling it after the apex and unwinding the steering wheel. It seems if I turn the wheel a little more at the apex I can get on the throttle more after the apex and it feels like I come out faster I didn't mean that I enter off throttle and steer more to compensate for an excessive entry speed, I figured out that didn't work early on.

Not pig squeal, pig squeal = bad.
It's kind of like just a little bit of wheelspin while I am turning.
I've gone full throttle before I exited, that doesn't work either.
Maybe I suck at explaining, lol

I've tried trailbraking but I always end up locking a wheel so I don't do it.
Today I figured out the pathetic amount of braking ability my shitty all seasons have. I came around this right hander corner pretty slow because it was raining, it is fairly blind. And to my surpise there was this car stopped in the middle of the road that caught me a little off guard when I was going about 30 mph. I go to push the brakes not so hard and one of the front tires locked immediatley. I was like holy shit, there's no way in hell these tires suck this much, they have good tread and everything. I almost hit him and had to keep steering hard to stay in control. I was very surprised how easily my stock brakes lock the tires. Later on when the roads dried I went out and practiced panic stops. I was amazed how easily the tire locked with relativley little brake pressure. I was probably pushing the pedal down halfway at 45 mph and it would lock almost immediatley. However no matter where I was it was always the right front tire which I though was odd because I though that the tire on my side would lock first since there is more weight. Why is that one tire the one thaty always locks. I though the back tires were supposed to lock first? Eventually I got the hang of it, it was scary to think how many times I had been so close to wheel lock without knowing it. I'm still not so confident that I have it as a reflex yet. I really need to get those A032R's I want. But for now if I'm driving agressively I know brake fade will be the last of my worries.
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