How often do you lose the back end?
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The S's rear is quite well behaved under normal circumstances, but a couple of weeks ago at Donington in the wet I had two moments, one at the old hairpin (a powerslide?/360 spin) and another on the Craner Curves (powerslide?/grass tracking).
It all made me apreciate the abilities of 'proper drivers' like the EVO road/track testers.
I have much to learn.
It all made me apreciate the abilities of 'proper drivers' like the EVO road/track testers.
I have much to learn.
Very rarely in my Chim, until a couple of weeks ago when I decided to replace the rear S02s. They were getting close to the wear indicators. Instantly that decision was made the rear end was all over the place. Couldn't decide if they had just realised they were getting bald, I had started putting my foot down to try and lose it, knowing they were due to be replaced or the roads were suddenly covered in deisel. Certain to say, after a new pair of S02s on the rear I am driving carefully to a) save the wear & b)run them in. (Does anybody still run in new tyres?)
Tony Hall said:Does anybody still run in new tyres?)
Yes, you need to (a) wear off the release coating, which takes a couple of miles, (b) scrub in the tyre surface, which takes a hundred miles or so, and (c) bring the tyres up to temperature to complete the curing process (which can be very hard this time of year).
PetrolTed said:
taffstalini said: The S's rear is quite well behaved under normal circumstances...
The S is very well behaved on the whole and whilst I can get it to drift (ok, squeal sideways) on track, I find once the rear breaks away at all I can't recover it.
You just need more power Dave!
Toyos on the rear, Avons on the front. So... I lost the front this morning. You cant really tell from the following, but since I happened to be filming anyway
www.tvrbliss.co.uk/wmv/500_enters_berks.wmv
Regards
Ed
www.tvrbliss.co.uk/wmv/500_enters_berks.wmv
Regards
Ed
shpub said:
It all made me apreciate the abilities of 'proper drivers' like the EVO road/track testers.
I have much to learn.
And so do many of the magazine road and track testers, jusging form the number of accidents and damage that review cars have experienced!
It's often assumed that journo's are demon drivers. With the exception of the few that have raced, many of them are just enthusiasts like you and me who happen to write about it for a living.
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