learning to drive again
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RE: learning to drive again
ORIGINAL: Kalevra
dad says the rear sway bar will give you over steer and will make the car loose. this is why you're sliding
change the diameter of the rear sway bar to correct this (smaller diameter)
before you ask "well what does he know" he's 72 and has raced cars before.
dad says the rear sway bar will give you over steer and will make the car loose. this is why you're sliding
change the diameter of the rear sway bar to correct this (smaller diameter)
before you ask "well what does he know" he's 72 and has raced cars before.
Also...your DAD is 72 years old!?!?!?
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RE: learning to drive again
lol, yeah, he is, he raced sprinters back in the day, he had a pantera for racing. his first car was a used '34 ford 3 window coupe i think
EDIT: yeah, different sways will work too
EDIT: yeah, different sways will work too
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From: S.A
RE: learning to drive again
Well I have the SRT-4 front and rear sway bar set up. But I think the LCA bushings did the point and shoot business...the rear sway just killed it in terms of sliding.
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RE: learning to drive again
ORIGINAL: GrApHite03
very common on neons when upgrading suspension, particularly sways... be careful and i suggest you find your local SCCA chapter and try some auto-x so you can learn the limits of your car in a controlled environment.
k3v
very common on neons when upgrading suspension, particularly sways... be careful and i suggest you find your local SCCA chapter and try some auto-x so you can learn the limits of your car in a controlled environment.
k3v
I agree completely.
Now, the SCCA doesn't do things on the street, it is a highly organized group of people whom race, professionally, in courses designed to provoke over-steer, under-steer, and to be fun over-all. It is really fun, and I guarrantee you that you will learn how far to take your car after 3 runs. I promise.
Aside from that, new bushings will liven up your suspension and the feel of everything by tightening it all up. Not a lot of play in those new bushings as opposed to the old ones. Adding front and rear sways, your car is now very point and shoot mainly thanks to your front sway bar. Upgrading the front sway bar will commonly do that.
If you want a better feeling, buy a d*mn nice set of coil-overs and you would be amazed.
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RE: learning to drive again
I'm confused...the current setup you have now is inducing oversteer. But since you have SRT-4 front and rear sway bars, won't having a bigger front sway bar give you understeer since they're mismatched? [&:]