It would be interesting to find out if the suspension changes made to Shooters car (and PeterJ's shocker change) mitigate the quite snappy transition to drift. I think some of the comments he makes about the changes would indicate that it is quite practical to do this. I know my Coupe snaps quite hard when pushed but the S2 is lighter on the back end and so gives me a few hops before letting go.
Well, proper suspension tuning (corner weights, calibrating bump and rebound separately) always helps - but my albeit brief acquaintance with a Plus Six left me thinking there was absolutely nothing wrong with the chassis - although the self- centering steering return on corner exit is very weak.
And this is why I think it can bite. Because the CX chassis is so good, you carry much, much more speed through a corner than I would in, for example, my old Aeromax. Imagine that, on corner exit, you open the throttle and find the Plus Six throttle is way sharper than the V8 Aero engine. (I'm comparing sport mode on the Aeromax auto box with the standard mode on the Plus Six!! and the Sport Mode on the Plus Six ups the ante even more). I didn't even try the Plus Six Sport+ Mode on my test drive - I was quite able to scare myself on the middle setting.
I suspect there's nothing wrong with the throttle mapping on the Plus Six, it's just that without the extra 500kgs of a Z4 or Supra to restrain it - and with a much lighter rear axle loading on the Plus Six - it has a very different delivery in the car.
If on a corner exit you've not unwound enough steering lock (remember, the car doesn't really help you with this bit) and you are caught out by how quickly the engine responds to the throttle, you are going to have a BIG surprise, and you will also be travelling more quickly at that point than you would be in any other Morgan.
Kudos to MMC for building a proper 'raw' drivers' car than can bite hard.
Me? I'm going to be honest and admit that 380 ft/lbs or whatever it is might be too much for me in this car. I'm awaiting a blown four cylinder manual CX which I think will be an absolute peach. And I will sell one of my 4/4s - and keep the other to remind me of everything the CX isn't.
