Could you double check that?
the MR2 needs a constant speed through long sweeps to keep the weight balanced. Too slow it'll be in the way of faster cars, too fast and the weigh in the rear gets the best of it.
I don't know if Bill & Kevin's old AE86 wasn't tuned properly, but I remember playing in the hills with Kevin and he said he couldn't compete with the high speed constant cornering of my MR2. I could take constant velocity corners at a higher speed than the FR Corolla could. However, when we ran Trimmer Springs from North-to-South, right before we dropped into the Trimmer Springs Forest Station, there are some very tight and slow twisty section that I couldn't keep up with Kevin for the life of me. I had plenty of power, but the faster I tried, the more the car pushed in the slow speed corners.
So my experience with the MR2 has been a very stable at high speed cornering and a big tendency to understeer at low speed corners.
Although the elevation change would be a bit easier to handle with shorter tires, or with more engine torque
Don't forget the 6 speed!!
Infineon is faster
A hint of stagger will work fine (10mm) at <150hp but more than that and the car will push too much.
The reason I asked if the track was fast was regarding understeer. To comment on Bryan, if we lack the torque to induce oversteer, what if we ran 205s in the front and 195s in the rear? I know, opposite for what you'd expect with a rear-heavy car, but I'm just thinking out loud.
I know the slanted radiator with air coming through the hood and over the car (instead of under) will help with down-force and consequently improved front traction at high speeds.
I also really want to make some simple front
canards out of sheet metal. This will help immensely with front down force
Picture 1 & 2: Here is a canard example on an Elise
Picture 3: Here is a double canard example
Picture 4: Look at the canard on this BMW. This is what I had in mind for our car. What do you guys think?
Don't talk to me about how fragile the car will be and it will get damaged. If you saw the amount of plywood aerodynamics that we saw out there this is nothing.
Besides, the whole concept of building them as simple as possible out of sheet metal applies to us bringing a couple back-up sets that can be quickly swapped on.
Picture 5: This is how Lotus positions the radiator on the Elise. Completely flat to my surprise

Not to say we need to do this, just food for thought