Seen many videos of fast cars (mustangs especially lol) accelerating in a straight line and then losing control and going into the curb/crowd. What would cause it to do that when the wheels are just pointed straight ahead?
How does one prevent or control this?
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A small point to add:
The modern Mustang (or any modern car, really) will not let you get too rowdy unless you turn traction control off. All those idiots swaying into traffic have made a deliberate choice to turn off “the electronic nanny” and put their lack of skill on display for everyone. You can squeal the tires with traction control on, but once you start swaying it cuts power fast.
Solid axle is a little jumpier than independent, but it’s only a little. When you’ve lost control an independent suspension (like the Mustang has had since 2014) isn’t going to save you.
An open diff (as opposed to any form of posi/locker) is generally not going to let you do this as much and will just spin one tire in place. Most performance cars will have some form of a limited slip or locking diff so that they can put power down with two wheels. When both wheels start to slip they will slip unevenly (as others have covered well in this thread.)
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