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      05-28-2016, 04:36 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Bee Pee View Post
Maybe so but my car's chassis is well fettled incl Quaife LSD - helps traction a lot and even with TC off it grips and goes
You need a lot of power of horrible aerodynamics to have traction issues on the Autobahn. I remember I tested a 321hp Z3 M Coupe with studless winter tyres on wet roads. It did not have traction control, but I could still use wide open throttle in first gear without any wheelspin if I launched it carefully.

From physics, power equals force times velocity. At 200 km/t, with 500 hp at the wheels, you have around 6600 Newtons of thrust, which is less than 0.5 G of acceleration.
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