[s-cars] Understeer vs. oversteer?

[Bruce Mendel]

Ted,

Thanks, good advice!

True, it's not like I ever expect it to turn-in like a mid-engined car, but
I think the rear bar will help. And yes, I do run it on the track.....I
don't think I'd be willing to tweak all this stuff on the street where I
don't get the opportunity to really experience the results.

I'm not willing to go to stiffer springs due to deterioration of street ride
quality, and roll bar should stay clear of that issue. The car has
Eibach/Bilstein HD setup.

Bruce


----- Original Message -----
From: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
To: "Bruce Mendel" <brucem105 at comcast.net>; "Joseph Pizzimenti"
<pizzoman at yahoo.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Understeer vs. oversteer?


>
> --- 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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