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Walford
Original Poster
900 posts
36 months
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18 months ago i drove a friends Audi S5 MTM with full fast road kit on, supercharged FSI 4.2 V8 525HP
8 pot front brakes, springs, dampers, wheels, full Geo setup basically a 30k aftermarket kit
It made my Tuscan feel very unsettled nervous and slow though the turns
I have since changed all the bushes, camber, castor, rack height, steering arms, dampers, springs, bells, rotors, ride heights, tyres, clutch, and added a little more power
drove the Audi twice this week and to my amazement, the Tuscan is now a has a more planted feel
If you are driving a Tuscan that feels crap, I can tell you 2 things
1 they can be made into great cars
2 it ain't easy
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Basil Brush
3,886 posts
133 months
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The steering pump is the last bit of my plan for now. It hasn't cost that much (excl Nitrons) but has taken a fair bit of time. I took it out briefly last weekend after changing the wishbones, uprights and rack height and it felt much better. Once sorted I can test it on the one corner that used to scare the crap out of me. 
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Dischordant
189 posts
71 months
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Mine feels very skittish at even 60mph in a straight line..how can I check if it even has the spacers fitted? Is it easy to see or do I need to take the wheel off/is it literally just a washer before the wheel? At some point will get shocks upgraded etc. but if there is a cheap fix now that'd be good 
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Basil Brush
3,886 posts
133 months
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You should be able to see if there are spacers between the wheel and hub. It'll be a 3mm thick disc.
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Walford
Original Poster
900 posts
36 months
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Dischordant said: Mine feels very skittish at even 60mph in a straight line When was it biult? Has it got bumpsteer?
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Dischordant
189 posts
71 months
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2000 - and yes =/ I'll probably get str86 to sort it when I get around to upgrading shocks as I think they are still stock so are probably pretty caned after 40k miles
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Ticker
418 posts
118 months
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Walford, What did u do exactly, I have had nitrons, spacers, geo setup, what else did u do, have u started a blog etc, would be good to view Dave Walford said: 18 months ago i drove a friends Audi S5 MTM with full fast road kit on, supercharged FSI 4.2 V8 525HP
8 pot front brakes, springs, dampers, wheels, full Geo setup basically a 30k aftermarket kit
It made my Tuscan feel very unsettled nervous and slow though the turns
I have since changed all the bushes, camber, castor, rack height, steering arms, dampers, springs, bells, rotors, ride heights, tyres, clutch, and added a little more power
drove the Audi twice this week and to my amazement, the Tuscan is now a has a more planted feel
If you are driving a Tuscan that feels crap, I can tell you 2 things
1 they can be made into great cars
2 it ain't easy
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justyr
334 posts
82 months
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I have nitrons (set softish), less aggressive camber, 3mm spacers and rack height raised 2mm (thanks Richard at Hexham). An improvement over the bumps but it's always going be a fast turn-in car. JR
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B3NNL
589 posts
38 months
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Having just done 3500 miles across mountain passes in mainland Europe I can only say that I must:
a)Be very lucky to have picked up an extremely well handling car or b)I am a driving GOD and can tame the worst handling cars with ease.
Personally I go with option b, but in all seriousness, it was absolutley phenomenal and the only times it got slightly twitchy, the Westy that was following me also sufferred. So I'll put that down to road surface as opposed to the car.
I have Nitrons set quite low and the Spacers, but dont think I have the bumpsteer mod.
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Basil Brush
3,886 posts
133 months
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I'm guessing you've got the Nitrons set fairly hard, based on the height of the car in your profile photo?
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Walford
Original Poster
900 posts
36 months
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No 2 cars are the same so blog not really helpfull
1 correct tyre sizes
2 later kpi and scrub rad
3 more castor
4 no "bump in" steer
5 nitrons 325 and 400lbs
6 all bushes replace
is the starting point
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