How hard is it to flip a Z? Is it possible given no other forces are involved? i.e. coming up a curb, etc....

 

if youre going at 100mph and just turn the wheel left or right abruptly, im sure the result cant be pretty

 

If you were on a pefectly flat parking lot going 100 with no surface irregularities, you would most likely spin the car if you turned abruptly at 100. It's low to the ground, and you would probably break traction immediately. In any other condition it is possible to flip any car. I.e. A tire blowing out, being on an embankment, being on two or more surface types at thes ame time, etc.

 

Nah, you'll just spin. Ebarassing? Yes. Deadly? No way.

Very very hard to flip a sports car with such a low center of gravity without things such as curbs, inclines, etc... to shift the weight around on.

 

the trick to flip is to have one side have enough traction to resist the sideways forces of the car sliding

 

Well if i have the TCS off would that increase my chances?

 

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/NCAP/Cars/3373.html

According to government crash / safety tests, it looks like the "chance" is about 8% to roll the Z. I have no idea what conditions they used though, I imagine this is a very broad statement.

 

Cannot be done...I wrecked my Z and spun way out of control at far to fast speed...didn't flip though It did send my head into the roof (Chris doesn't wear his seatbelt)

 

If you look here it shows how they do it, or at least part of it, at the bottom of the page, they fishhook at 30-35mph.