[s-cars] Understeer vs. oversteer?

[Paul Friedenberg]

Joe,

Stiffening up the rear end, by using stiffer springs, rear sway bar, will
make the car turn in, or make it want to oversteer. Just play a little Gran
Tourismo 2 and mess with the suspension settings, it even works in the game!

Paul "nothin to do in NM but get wasted and play videogames" Friedenberg


>From: Joseph Pizzimenti <pizzoman at yahoo.com>
>To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: [s-cars] Understeer vs. oversteer?
>Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:05:27 -0800 (PST)
>
>List,
>Our cars understeer like pigs (not unlike my date this
>weekend) because all the weight's on the nose, right?
>Understeer is caused by front wheels losing traction
>before the rear, so the car plows.  Adding a Rear Sway
>Bar should increase the rear traction.  Hap, wouldn't
>this make understeer worse?
>
>Joe, confused as hell in NY, Pizzo
>
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