By chance I spoke to the Vehicle Development Engineer who tuned the TourX Stability Control.

[mike69440]

By chance I spoke to the Vehicle Development Engineer who tuned the TourX Stability Control.
GM Subcontracted the work, although he did the work at the Milford proving grounds and drove a TourX most of the winter. Apparently Buick wanted their own vehicle dynamics vs that of the Std Opel.
He said he was fairly aggressive where the car need ed help but let a lot of leeway for driver involvement, unlike most of the GM line up.

He now works at www.canjammotorsports.com

 

[PrincipalDan]

It is actually possible to get a little drift going so I'd believe that. It will be interesting to see how mine behaves once I've worn out the Continentals and get something else.

 

[HotZ28]

He now works at www.canjammotorsports.com

Fired from GM? Have you verified who this guy is, or any more info on his name/ background IP address or where he came from, education, years of experience?? Sorry for the all the questions, but I don't open unknown links, nor should anyone else!

 

[mike69440]

Fired from GM? Have you verified who this guy is, or any more info on his name/ background IP address or where he came from, education, years of experience?? Sorry for the all the questions, but I don't open unknown links, nor should anyone else!

Not fired from GM. Link is fine. He works for a legit outfit. Buys our stuff. He said he was working for another company at the time, I missed its name of the company he had worked for that was doing subcontrator work from GM. He called in on a tech call at work, and we got shooting the bull talking about Subaru's and the merits of their different AWD systems. I happened to mention I have both a Forester 6MT and a TourX and if the TourX had any ground clearance, it could put the Subie to shame.
I get some interesting calls at work, a lot of military special ops "we have to kill you if we tell you more stuff", cool firearms and weapons info, etc.
Also just talked to a supplier from Whipple superchargers regarding their recent advancements.

 

[Jwmsa17]

You can get the twinster differential to rotate the rear end slightly through a corner IF you get on throttle and in the boost just prior to the apex of a corner. It cannot fully overcome the FWD nature of the vehicle, but it will allow a little slip angle. If the vehicle goes beyond that slip angle while on throttle, usually right after the apex as you’re trying to accelerate out, it feels as though the throttle input is reduced while the car gets back to within the allowable parameters and then allowed to accelerate strongly.

It would have been nice to get a little more slip angle during on-throttle corner exit applications, but this isn’t too bad.