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- Subject: Re: reducing understeer (and other questions)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.225137.2482@nic.csu.net>
- From: vpopesc@opus.uucp (Valentin Popescu)
- Date: 18 Aug 92 22:51:34 PDT
- References: <1992Aug17.232828.2470@nic.csu.net> <1992Aug18.220800.20332@cabot.balltown.cma.COM>
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- In article <1992Aug18.220800.20332@cabot.balltown.cma.COM> welty@cabot.balltown.cma.COM (richard welty) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug17.232828.2470@nic.csu.net> vpopesc@opus.uucp (Valentin Popescu) writes:
- >
- >>o Can anyone tell me what the normal way of reducing understeer is? The
- >> car in question is an 1985 Dodge Daytona with 2.2l Turbo engine and
- >> front wheel drive. P195-50R15 tires. (It understeers annoyingly.. at
- >> least compared to what I used to drive before)
- >
- >what were you driving before?
-
- A nice big all american chevy camaro gaz guzzler. ;) It was rear wheel
- drive, and it had after-market anti-roll bars. It handled quite
- nicely... like on rails. ;)
-
- >front drivers will tend to have significant understeer built in;
- >even with suspension mods, they will understeer at the drop of a hat
- >if you enter a corner too fast and then give it too much gas in the
- >corner. you can always try modifying your style; slow in/fast out
- >cures an amazing number of understeer problems.
-
- I am kinda embarassed driving it on
- mountain roads, since it feels so strange. I get into a curb, and at
- times I end up jerking it to get it back on the path. So.. in other
- words, I can't drive very relaxed in it when hitting the mountains.
-
- I am waiting for
- a tech manual to come by mail, but I was just looking for some tips..
- as in what to concentrate on. I believe that the change has to be done
- to the _rear_ end, but I'm no engineer. And neither do I wanna create
- oversteer, that's why I would like some input before jumping in. ;)
-
- Thanks.
-
-
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