Printable Version | Subscribe | Add to Favourites
New Topic New Poll New Reply
Author: Subject: Middy oversteer
Lightning

posted on 6/3/11 at 06:57 PM Reply With Quote
Middy oversteer

Just let my mate drive my car. He put it into a roundabout and spun it. I have noticed myself that it does rather dig into the corners. What could I change to reduce the oversteer?

Just got the thing back on the road after modifying the exhaust. Now reads 95 dB at 7500revs....result.





Steve

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
MakeEverything

posted on 6/3/11 at 07:03 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
What could I change to reduce the oversteer?


Ease off the throttle?





Kindest Regards,
Richard.

...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
Lightning

posted on 6/3/11 at 07:05 PM Reply With Quote
Good point. but not what i had in mind





Steve

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
MakeEverything

posted on 6/3/11 at 07:09 PM Reply With Quote
Lol,

Have you looked at your camber on the rear? Suspension setup may be a little unforgiving. Try softening it up a bit.





Kindest Regards,
Richard.

...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
tomgregory2000

posted on 6/3/11 at 07:11 PM Reply With Quote
Dont let anybody else drive your car

sorry no help, i guess its going to be a case of changing sping rates and damping and tracking, its going to take alot of time and money i fear

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
Lightning

posted on 6/3/11 at 07:15 PM Reply With Quote
He should have known better being on traffic. There is a fair bit of camber on the rear . It is adjustable could reduce it a see what happens.





Steve

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
whitestu

posted on 6/3/11 at 07:21 PM Reply With Quote
What toe are you running on the rear? Toe out will increase oversteer I think.

Stu

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
loggyboy

posted on 6/3/11 at 07:25 PM Reply With Quote
As you say its digging in, I take it its enduced by weight transfer under breaking/lift off rather than transfer backwards when accelerating out of a bend?

Tyre pressures - more at front, less at rear
If you have single adjustable shocks - soften the rears, stiffen up the front end shocks (lessen the weight transfer to the front),
If you have double adjustbles then soften the rebound on the rears, stiffen the bounce on the fronts.

(PS this is based on computer game set up, so pinch of salt to be taken - LOL)

[Edited on 6/3/11 by loggyboy]

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
v8kid

posted on 6/3/11 at 07:39 PM Reply With Quote
Stiffer front antiroll bar or springs





You'd be surprised how quickly the sales people at B&Q try and assist you after ignoring you for the past 15 minutes when you try and start a chainsaw

View User's Profile E-Mail User Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
RazMan

posted on 6/3/11 at 07:46 PM Reply With Quote
A slight adjustment to camber will make quite a difference. How is it set up at the moment?
I run about 1 degree front and 1.5 degrees rear - I can drift if I really try to hang the ar$e out but it is controllable.





Cheers,
Raz

When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box

View User's Profile E-Mail User Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
MakeEverything

posted on 6/3/11 at 07:49 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Lightning
He should have known better being on traffic. There is a fair bit of camber on the rear . It is adjustable could reduce it a see what happens.


I would set it at "0" and see if that makes it any easier to drive. Then you can start making 0.5deg incremental changes.





Kindest Regards,
Richard.

...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
Lightning

posted on 6/3/11 at 08:07 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks for your input guys.

I will try different things as suggested but one at a time and note the difference.


I'll try tyre pressures first as thats the easiest





Steve

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
procomp

posted on 31/3/11 at 07:45 PM Reply With Quote
Hi

Actual static camber settings are one thing. WHAT is happening to the camber during a corner / roll situation. You may find that it is heading in a Positive direction and reducing the camber rather than pulling more negative camber on. You need to know the answer to this before making any logical camber settings.

Cheers Matt






View User's Profile E-Mail User Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member

New Topic New Poll New Reply


go to top






Website design and SEO by Studio Montage

All content © 2001-16 LocostBuilders. Reproduction prohibited
Opinions expressed in public posts are those of the author and do not necessarily represent
the views of other users or any member of the LocostBuilders team.
Running XMB 1.8 Partagium [© 2002 XMB Group] on Apache under CentOS Linux
Founded, built and operated by ChrisW.