[Qluber]

skid pad rating? and who does the official?. My guess is it will come in between .90 and .92g's.............

 

[oxbig7]

I think its gonna be higher then that, my guess? .94

 

[Rev.Hammer]

THIS will be fun stuff! I think that .93 is easy and THEN we get to add supa schticky tires and THEN see waht it REALLY does!

 

[oaxa]

Aren't the stock tires Eagle F1s?
Not too shabby for Oem

 

[Qluber]

I know Ford is making headway in this area, the new Boss Mustang coming in at a rating of 1.03ish is remarkable. Hopefully the same engineers worked on our sh!t.!

 

[Rev.Hammer]

SWEET!! and by supa schticky ... I meant RACE tires!!!!

 

[cyberf]

Focus ST skid pad must be higher than 0.91 g (Standart Focus Ti Hatch).

 

[Qluber]

Focus ST skid pad must be higher than 0.91 g (Standart Focus Ti Hatch).

Good info, I did not know that, we may be .95 ish then....

 

[golf.sierra.]

skid pad rating? and who does the official?. My guess is it will come in between .90 and .92g's.............

There is no "official" number. Kind of like 0-60 times, lots of reviewers, magazines, etc like to do testing to publish their results. But there will always be some variation based on conditions, testing equipment, individual driving.

Having said that, the tires themselves should help get a decent skid pad number. It will be better than the Ti model, but it will be tough to get a stock FWD car put up big numbers. I guess .93. But handling is more than just sustained lateral g capability. If the ST has good valving in the shocks, this car could "handle" better than it's skid pad number might reveal.

 

[Grabber523]

...Is that with or without a car seat and a hatch full of groceries?

That's the test I want to see.

 

[Rev.Hammer]

...Is that with or without a car seat and a hatch full of groceries?

That's the test I want to see.

And is that minus terrified kids and screaming spouses rattling around like marbles in a can?

 

[petraman]

Skidpad ratings only tell part of the story (just like acceleration and 0-60 times) and slalom numbers are just as important. If I had to guess, though, I'd say our numbers would be pretty high... My guess is .96 on the skidpad.

Then again, the GTI has ratings from .86g-.88g... so we'll have to see