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Originally Posted by MAP
Hi Folks,
I'm starting to suspect my post had the effect of halting further thread progress, and this absolutely wasn't my intention. I'll just add this point to my penultimate post and then invite everyone to carry on: as to steering neutrality, if an engine/tranny/suspension rear assembly can be made on a FWD line and per FWD methods, then with admittedly added cost, the steering function could be conserved. If so, then yaw dampening could be made constant irrespective of speed within reasonable limits, and it could be programmed to provide a direct dampening effect as well. The result would be highly predictable and stable handling with a tendency toward oversteer at low speeds, and understeer at high speeds. Maybe +/- 5 deg of rear-steer is all that's needed.
Again, please ignore and my apologies if this is unwanted input; I don't want to detract in the slightest from Mark's amazing work described in this thread.
Best,
MAP
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Porsche is doing this already. Porsche credits the active rear steering in the 991 GT3 with ~ 15s improvement in 'Ring time. The development of the system though is quite pricey....
