phil_far
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| posted on 25/6/10 at 04:49 PM |
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Locost Handling - General Question
Hi,
I have just sailed through my SVA and got my chassis number (in Malta things work a bit different). On my way back home I pushed my blade powered
locost a bit more (this is the third time i driven the car). I noticed that when flooring the accelerator on low gears the back end slides towards
the driver side. My car has not been set properly (corner weighted) so I guess things will improve. I was curious whether this is something
normal...or maybe my question is totally stupid ...
Nevertheless the car came back in a straight line by playing on teh throttle...and it was so much fun driving...
Philip
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BenB
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| posted on 25/6/10 at 05:24 PM |
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IF you really floor it then I believe some squireling as the wheels spin up is not uncommon. Look at the way F1 cars squirrel out of the pits.....
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ReMan
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| posted on 25/6/10 at 05:34 PM |
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I presume you have a normal (none lsd)diff?
And hard tyres?
And dusty dry road surface?
In which case very possible, be carefull!!!!
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A1
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 12:15 AM |
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thats just your thrust angle. you want it as close to zero as possible, toe affects it and camber affects toe, so sounds like you need it set up
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 12:30 AM |
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Hi Phil,
there's a couple of books for sale by a member called Designer on here at the moment.
A couple of them are quite good set up books for suspension and car handling...
I've read more than a few in my time and prob only understood 10% of it all, but I still feel that I'm in a better situation now than
before.
Of course you can take your car to a guy (assuming you have one or two in Malta!) to set it up for you, which is fine, but it's nice to have a
little knowledge also, so that if you change anything, you know what SHOULD happen and why stuff DID happen!
ATB
Steve
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bartonp
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 07:25 AM |
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Don't forget that most roads aren't flat either !
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thepest
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 10:35 AM |
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Mine does the same Phil, however I had cornerweighted mine... then again on our roads what were you expecting?? 
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thepest
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 10:40 AM |
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Oh an congrats on SVA BTW!!!
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