how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
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Re: how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
Originally Posted by robby363
Lol....I think we should have a bullshit section.
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Re: how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
Originally Posted by supercrossfire
…my 1997 eclipse could take exits and cornering far beyond the crossfire or even any ferrari or lamborghini or any car for that matter
ROTFLMAO
Did your Eclipse have ground effects, a 4 foot tall wing on the back and a bazooka muffler ???
Dude you need to go back to the "Ricer Forums" ! You ain't sellin that $hit around here !!!
And That's just my Dos Centavos ! ROTFLMAO !
…my 1997 eclipse could take exits and cornering far beyond the crossfire or even any ferrari or lamborghini or any car for that matter
ROTFLMAO
Did your Eclipse have ground effects, a 4 foot tall wing on the back and a bazooka muffler ???
Dude you need to go back to the "Ricer Forums" ! You ain't sellin that $hit around here !!!
And That's just my Dos Centavos ! ROTFLMAO !
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Re: how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
Given the original poster's driving ability, I'd say that his performance claims are suspect:
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...647#post253647
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...647#post253647
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Re: how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
If supercrossfire makes another post with claims like that, I'm going to have to don my scuba gear to wade through the BS... 
'97 eclipse cornering better than a Farrari, Porsche or ANY other car? Yeah, in his wet dreams...
I have had the opportunity to push this car's higher speed cornering to it's limit on a track and I tell you now I ride up the tail pipes of modern Corvettes and even some of the race prepped cars out there going through the same turns.
I have done NOTHING to the suspension. I only run wider tires and better brakes.
If supercrossfire hit a fire hydrant, I suspect it was the understeer on the car that did him in... or something on the public road that he slid on. Or maybe he's not as much of a hot shot driver as he claims...
I don't push the cornering or performance limits on the street for the very reason that Mimi05SRT6 stated... you never can tell when there will be either debris or fluid of some kind on the surface and it can get you out of traction in the blink of an eye.
'97 eclipse cornering better than a Farrari, Porsche or ANY other car? Yeah, in his wet dreams...
I have had the opportunity to push this car's higher speed cornering to it's limit on a track and I tell you now I ride up the tail pipes of modern Corvettes and even some of the race prepped cars out there going through the same turns.
I have done NOTHING to the suspension. I only run wider tires and better brakes.
If supercrossfire hit a fire hydrant, I suspect it was the understeer on the car that did him in... or something on the public road that he slid on. Or maybe he's not as much of a hot shot driver as he claims...
I don't push the cornering or performance limits on the street for the very reason that Mimi05SRT6 stated... you never can tell when there will be either debris or fluid of some kind on the surface and it can get you out of traction in the blink of an eye.
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Re: how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
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?
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Re: how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
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Originally Posted by supercrossfire
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
That's a pretty bold statement! If this is true then why did you get rid of it? I don't believe any front wheel drive car could out handle a rear wheel drive sports car. Skidpad numbers are what are required to back that statement.
Originally Posted by supercrossfire
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
That's a pretty bold statement! If this is true then why did you get rid of it? I don't believe any front wheel drive car could out handle a rear wheel drive sports car. Skidpad numbers are what are required to back that statement.
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Re: how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
Yeah, be nice. That goes for me as well
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Re: how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
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?
Just a stupid question but, how can anyone compare performance in turns with out specification of the Radius?
I'm no physics professor but doesn't that kinda matter to the equation?
I have driven in all lower 48 states and one thing is consistant on the interstates; None of the exit radii are the predictably the same.
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Re: how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
All I know is to be VERY careful in these cars even if you have the Contis.
Took a sharp turn in the rain at 20 on morning with my Contis and it shuddered a bit. Just be careful with it when wet.
Took a sharp turn in the rain at 20 on morning with my Contis and it shuddered a bit. Just be careful with it when wet.
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Re: how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
Originally Posted by smokey847
All I know is to be VERY careful in these cars even if you have the Contis. Took a sharp turn in the rain at 20 on morning with my Contis and it shuddered a bit. Just be careful with it when wet.
Took a sharp turn in the rain at 20 on morning with my Contis and it shuddered a bit. Just be careful with it when wet.
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Re: how fast can the crossfire take a corner?
depends on tires suspension and temps i run 80 tradwear tires on the track with traction control off and it is like glue have raced time attacks and porsche club races dont drive it on the street very often running shicaynes any from 90 to 130