Of course I already know that if you want a car for the twisties, RWD or AWD is the best. What about if you have a FWD car, such as a Honda or VW? I know you can't attack a corner in the same way as you can with a RWD, but does anyone know some techniques to keep from understeering yourself off the road or into a wall? If I end up getting a FWD car, I want to set the suspension up for maximum grip. I don't want oversteer either, I just want to keep the car where I want it to go.
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Chose the right lines, don't plough into turns..your e-brake is your way out since you can't kick the rear out with throttle. FWD really doesn't understeer that much if driven like its a FWD and not a RWD IMHO...good tires make a HUGE diff in the wet and on slippery surfaces. Another trick is to "unwind" the steering wheel a lil bit then dial it back in to where you want it to go..
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Originally posted by Bill 84 318iOriginally posted by e9nineyour e-brake is your way out since you can't kick the rear out with throttle.
Its a simple strategy as you're understeering, lift off, a little flick of the steering wheel with a timed yank of the e-brake and voila. It takes practice and confidence to do it in an instinct and in the heat of the moment of the deadly understeer.
Bear in mind that this cannot rescue you from high speed understeer easily...
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FWD doesn't mean oversteer. I know Rob has spoken, but ITR's and Prelude SH's really handle well. I think that there are so many parts out for FWD cars now days that everything gets thrown together to get that stiff low look, but in truth its not helping. As Tiff Needle said in one of his videos "Its got no suspension, it's SPORTY, SPORTY". Just to add to the understeer delima, my E36 with X-brace, Eibach Pro-Kit springs(285F/515R), Koni DA/SA's, and decent tires understeers like nothing I have ever driven. Thats even with bald summer tires out back. Then again, I came from a hellishly beaten E30 M3 :twisted:.
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sorry, that was jeremy clarkson
tiff > jeremy in driving
but
jeremy > tiff in dry sarcastic humor
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HAWAII DISPENSARYLast edited by Gr00v3; 05-12-2011, 10:10 AM.
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Originally posted by EurospeedGuys like him are the reason I love it when people do things to their cars that are different. It just like anytime Karlo posts a thread with pics of his car, I love watching all the elitist pricks on this site shit their pants when they see an E30 that doesn't fit their standards.
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