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- From: dye@i88.isc.com (Ken R. Dye )
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: reducing understeer (and other questions)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.190858.26168@i88.isc.com>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 19:08:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.225137.2482@nic.csu.net> vpopesc@opus.uucp (Valentin Popescu) writes:
- >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)
- >>
-
- To reduce understeer, decrease front roll stiffness or
- increase rear roll stiffness. Better yet, get Fred Puhn's
- "How to make your car handle"...you probably will be able
- to pick it up at a well-stocked trak/giant auto store.
-
- --Ken
-