[s-cars] Understeer vs. oversteer?

[Theodore Chen]

--- Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I have a 93 Canadian car with the rear anti-roll and -2.5 degrees of camber
> in the front, and I am STILL considering the Happersized rear sway bar.
>
> In other words, she understeers like crazy no matter what, but my car is
> closer to neutral than before with the camber set the way it is.
>
> One benefit of the bigger bar would be that I could lose a little camber up
> front, giving me better tire wear on the insides of the fronts.

bruce,

if i recall correctly, you run that car on the track.  that's different
from my street-only application for my S4 (i have another car for the
track).

no matter how much bar or spring or camber you throw at it, it's
going to understeer.  that's a fact of life when you have the engine
sitting way out front.

that being said, the rear antiroll bar that comes stock does seem a little
small, and you could go bigger.  i'd probably start thinking about running
more rear spring or softening up the front antiroll bar.  i probably
wouldn't soften the front springs because you'll get more brake dive.

what kind of spring rates are you running right now?

-teddy


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