PNW Chit Chat thread

[OldDrunkenSailor]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3066692919.html

i want it

All-wheel steering is a typo, right?

[10Toes]

All-wheel steering is a typo, right?

Nope the vr4s had it.

[OldDrunkenSailor]

Nope the vr4s had it.

Just looked it up on the wiki, up to 1.5 degree turn. Reminds me of the 2003-2012 Saab 9-3s. They have a passive rear-wheel steering thing, my understanding is that they just flail about and shfit a bit to match the movement of the car.

from some article on the interwebs:

Here's how it works: the four-link rear suspension uses ball joints and toe-links rather than rubber bushings, and Saab's rather clever spanner men used this setup to engineer an innate amount of rear wheel steering that is indeed completely passive - there's no servos or pumps turning the rear wheels. When you round a corner in the Saab, the forces (or elasto-kinematics to be precise) that act on the rear axle induce a teeny tiny bit of deflection in both rear wheels in the opposite direction of steering input, due to the suspension array's ingenious engineering. And wham-bam thank you Sam, passive rear wheel steering for every corner!

[2mAn]

sooo who wants to buy my E30? :) or at least buy my AWD setup

[e30austin]

Anyone here used E30 M3 sway bar links with IE 25mm front sway? Ordering a bunch of shit for the car tomorrow and sway bar links are on the list of items to send to Blunt.

[bmwm42]

I'm using with stock bar 25 might be overkill

[e30austin]

I've got the 25mm front sway already. Just need to buy new hardware because the stock IE hardware is complete and total shit.

[bmwm42]

Do you having a matching rear sway? Do you have understeer issues

[e30austin]

Yup. Again, due to the shitty hardware, it's unhooked until I figure out what's up with it. Ass end handles like shit.

[bmwm42]

Its that huge fucking bar and switching to m3 links will increase your understeer issues

[5Toes]

Well that $500 car checked out really good!

[e30austin]

Its that huge fucking bar and switching to m3 links will increase your understeer issues

I have IE 25/22. I don't really care, just need working sway bars!

[Mlarsen]

sooo who wants to buy my E30? :) or at least buy my AWD setup

Wut?

[2mAn]

i get crazy ideas, this one involves selling an audi TT 6 speed trans and haldex AWD setup so I can buy a full car that has AWD lol

[BraveUlysses]

I've got the 25mm front sway already. Just need to buy new hardware because the stock IE hardware is complete and total shit.

Do you have m3 struts or modified struts with the m3 style attachment point?

If not, you will effectively increase the diameter of your swaybar, and you will probably preload it, which is usually not desirable.