"the live axle ends up being an advantage on smooth pavement in terms of getting the power down"

Who knows. It was certainly fun (like the lead video) but it wasn't in any way 'good'. Unless Randy meant 'Good' as in 'good for a Mustang' or 'better than I expected'? When I drove it I was at Waterford Hills, though, which is very bumpy and twisty and is possibly the worst case for a live axle car as a result. It…

Well for the person in question he was going to put slicks on it as a track day car - at the point you have to trailer a car to a track, anything road car based is a waste of money. So I suggested he get a Stohr, West, Formula Ford or similar car. Much cheaper to run than any fancy road car (given that it needs a…

I've only driven two Mustangs, but if that is their idea of a Mustang for a proper track, it's laughable. The body control was not very good and the rear axle control was terrible.

My god, that thing is horrible. Excellent driving skills, but the car is fighting him (I assume?) every bit of the way. Mustangs have never been handling cars, though. I drove a Boss Laguna Seca on a track a few times and it was truly dreadful. Awful control, no finesse and it really felt like just prolonging the…

I dunno. I like it and all, but I've never seen such a perfect doughnut like that with no forward momentum. I'm suspicious the left front was nailed to the floor in some way.

I use cruise almost all the time (prevents me from speeding constantly) and it drives me insane how people will pass and then have to repass me and look at ME like I am some weirdo and they don't understand why I was in front of them again. They genuinely don't understand that their speed fluctuates by 10-15mph and…

I do instruction at Mosport every now and then. Being paid to drive other people's cars around there is almost worth being a passenger alongside them for a while before and after.

So to speak.

This post seems..... unwise. I don't think it will end well.

If you post an empty link again in such a teasing fashion, I will be most upset.

Um. Yes, it would. But Rossi ain't the one to fit that bill.

It was an industrial placement during University. Nowhere near long enough - about 6 months - but at least I got to see the Newport Pagnell factory at the end of its heyday. From the Db4/5/6 in the service department to the hand built Virage/Virage Volante production line outside the glass walled office every day.…

Wow. That's pretty impressive.

Have you weighed them and balanced them? What makes you think the spring end is lighter than the shock body end? Not sure that makes sense at all. Most dampers are lighter or the same weight as the spring, so that won't necessarily follow. I'd be very surprised if the spring end isn't heavier, in fact.

"The funniest part about the whole thing is how van Overbeek's pit crew member runs out of the way while kind of forgetting the poor driver is still sitting in the car all strapped in."

Nope. Driving safely is reacting to traffic around you and what it is actually doing, not driving for what you 'expect' and hoping it would be ok. If the Lambo had been doing less speed it would have hit the side of the Mazda rather than the other way around. The crash would have happened anyway as the Mazda was…

"He sped up and turned into the oncoming car"

"The idea is that you understand the limits of traction prior to turn in"

"Tommi did not purposely make the car unstable until he was in the hairpins, where he used the e-brake, nor did he ever "stamp" on the power at any one time."