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      12-04-2020, 09:28 PM   #59
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Originally Posted by Montaver View Post
I suspect the rears will be a limiting factor at 285, the front will have tons of grip. It will be an absolute hooligan out of the box I think with those torque levels. It will be fast around a track, in the same way an M8 is fast. Tons of mechanical grip, with big power controlled by a trick differential and clever electronics. Its going to absolutely lunch consumables and the AT gearbox will probably overheat with sticky tires, but no question its going to have serious pace.
Agreed, but you would hope the AT has been stress tested by the the G8X with sticky tires since in Europe you can have it with Cup 2 tires from the factory and then you have the M8 and M5 using the same transmission with even more power.
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