Originally Posted by d00df00d
Originally Posted by fdcg27
More like an immeasurably small increase in downforce within the dimensional limitations of the aero aids that could be deployed and less power which the driver will defeat with his right foot when he sees the car slowing.
More drive to the front will accomplish nothing, since anyone with much FWD experience has seen the engine rev up in hydroplaning encounters.
Not less power. Less abrupt power onset.
Is there seriously not a bone in your body that says "this doesn't seem to me like it'd work, but Porsche obviously knows what they're doing, so maybe I should give them the benefit of the doubt"? Or do you think you're perceptive enough to read one third-party article and conclude that some of the best engineers in the world are producing something with no merit whatsoever?
The rest of my post was analogy. The fact that something doesn't save you from the worst possible scenario doesn't mean it's useless.
I suspect that the Porsche folks have come up with the best solution they could for a difficult problem.
The quality of their engineers is debatable, since cost no object engineering isn't all that hard.
Whether this setup will actually do anything would require that you drive a car so equipped in the prolonged heavy rain conditions that typically bring hydroplaning events.
Would this system do something?
Maybe.
Would it eliminate hydroplaning at moderate highway speeds?
I doubt it.
Been their, experienced it even on good tires and while I found hydroplaning to be a quickly over with non-event, I know I didn't like it.