Originally Posted by supercrossfire
i know the car is pretty unpredictable at high speed conering but whats the fastest anyone has gone into a corner? exit? or anything with a turn. i remember in my 1997 eclipse gs (dropped to the floor and it was even lower then crossfire) i could take exits off the freeway at 90mph and i mean that. no special springs just cut the stock springs with plasma cutter. but whats the "official" or "unofficial" speed of the crossfire before it breaks traction. and this could mean with traction control on or off. i already put it to the test with traction control off and it was not pretty. but any answers or comments would be appreciated and again i like my crossfire alot but my 1997 eclipse could take exits and cornering far beyond the crossfire or even any ferrari or lamborghini or any car for that matter. but i cant trust my crossfire its almost like it has a mind of its own with the traction control on and its dumb as rocks with it off so what do we do?
According to Road & Track Magzine "Road Test Summary"
2005 Eclipse GT did the Slalom at 64.1 mph and Skidpad rating of 0.83.
2004 Crossfire ..did the Slalom at 69.6 mph and Skidpad rating of 0.89.
These of course are "stock" cars with no modifications.
Lowering your car will naturally give you a lower center of gravity, which should help you some, but the biggest thing that's responsible for keeping a car with a stiff suspension on the road is it's tires. Their rubber composition, tread design/depth, and width.
Since there was no way you could even come close to putting as wide of a tire on your front wheel drive Eclipse as the Crossfire comes from the factory with, I think it would be very hard for your old "modified" Eclipse to hang with a Crossfire.
On the other hand, at the Dragon last Fall, I had a very good driver (familar with the road) in a new Honda SI all over my rear end. So anything is possible.
But I have never noticed my Crossfire doing "anything" unpredictable when it comes to cornering. So maybe the "coupes" are just more "planted" at higher speeds.
