A Skyline GTR is pretty good at making you look like a better driver than you really are without ruining all your fun! In fact I've a few people get out of the car on track days and ask "Are you sure it's four wheel drive?"
I've been looking at data logs to understand exactly how it does it. Essentially: RWD normally, moving to around 25% to 30% front drive to help manage "mildly fruity" moments and finally 50/50 split for high speed stability.
This matches what I've read over the years and the feedback you feel in the car, so it's nice to confirm that all with real data and be able to show it in practice.
Here's 30 seconds of data, three corners and a straight at Silverstone to demonstrate these basics.
This example is a 32 but the 33 and 34 are fairly similar in basic operation. Apparently the ATTESA ETS intervenes quicker and more intelligently in the newer cars but the basic principles are the same. What you do see on my logs is the 250ms-500ms the 32 system takes to build pressure at the transfer case and bring in the front wheel drive, doesn't sounds long but you can get quite sideways in half a second:runaway:
I've been looking at data logs to understand exactly how it does it. Essentially: RWD normally, moving to around 25% to 30% front drive to help manage "mildly fruity" moments and finally 50/50 split for high speed stability.
This matches what I've read over the years and the feedback you feel in the car, so it's nice to confirm that all with real data and be able to show it in practice.
Here's 30 seconds of data, three corners and a straight at Silverstone to demonstrate these basics.
This example is a 32 but the 33 and 34 are fairly similar in basic operation. Apparently the ATTESA ETS intervenes quicker and more intelligently in the newer cars but the basic principles are the same. What you do see on my logs is the 250ms-500ms the 32 system takes to build pressure at the transfer case and bring in the front wheel drive, doesn't sounds long but you can get quite sideways in half a second:runaway: