
Another cool fact is that it’s impossible to beat today. Modern racing tires allow higher lateral acceleration, but only for short impacts. There is not a single modern tire that can withstand 14 seconds with almost 2 g of lateral acceleration. In 1966 Bott commissioned a mountain site. There are fast turns, a left turn, a fast left turn, a right turn and a steep incline from left to right. They didn’t know it back then, but this final piece, known as the Z Slope, was perfect for testing ABS systems. The sudden braking and the change of direction were too much for the ABS sensors.
Other tests included a hairpin turn, bumpy road with a bumpy surface, potholes, a saltwater passage, and even a jump. In short, everything you need to test a car until the tires come off. Many test drivers drove off the mountain track. “At first we hung a sign with the driver’s name at this point. But our boss didn’t like that, ”says Linge.
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