S2 Understeer & front tyres

[sja]

Sorry I know this has been done to death but searching through archives hasn't really helped..

Any suitable bridgestones avaialable in 185/195 for this model?

Will geo be necessary after fitmment?

Will a dealer be able to tweak standard settings to reduce understeer? If so any suggestions? There are some on Seloc but all this toe in / out stuff doesn't realy make sense to numpty me..

Dont really want to do down new suspension / wheels / tyres route yet..

Cheers

[Arno]

sja said:

Sorry I know this has been done to death but searching through archives hasn't really helped.. Any suitable bridgestones avaialable in 185/195 for this model?

No. RE040's are not available in 185/50R16 or 195/50R16.

You'll need to go to different tyre brands (eg. Toyo, Dunlop, Yokohama, etc.) if you want wider rubber.

Bye, Arno.

[sja]

Thanks Arno.. I give up.. Selling and buying a TT :-)

[StuartB]

sja said:

Thanks Arno.. I give up.. Selling and buying an S1 :-)

Good lad

[sja]

>> Edited by sja on Thursday 8th September 19:03

[paulwakinshaw]

StuartB said:

sja said: Thanks Arno.. I give up.. Selling and buying an S1 :-) Good lad

Silly - you will need to dress like a woman if you buy one of those mate. A better alternative is to buy an S1, less understeer!

Paul

[sja]

Ah well decided to keep the little blighter. Off on a Walshy day on the 14th September..Prob need new tyres after that anyway

[lawrence5]

Sinclaire's Waspy geo settings will kill understeer..... personally I think a touch of understeer is a good thing. Let's you know you've thrown it into a corner to hard.

My advice would be try the wider rubber 1st then see whether you want to alter the geometry.

[sja]

I intended to widen the front wheels but Arno advised no bridgestones wider than 175's. I wanted to keep same brand all round ( no idea why).. After Airfield day will get geo checked / changed just to be sure..

[gfun]

lawrence5 said:

. personally I think a touch of understeer is a good thing. Let's you know you've thrown it into a corner to hard.

You have made me think - when are you all finding it a problem?

Reason I’m asking is that the only time I find under steer a problem is a when I have messed up a corner (i.e. in too fast with no power on). Then you get that sickening running out of road feeling as you crab across the road. Other wise its very progressive.

[lawrence5]

Agree for road use...

Mine's a 135R (on LSS)so I have no understeer....... I refer back to my S1 which had a hint of intial understeer - which I liked. Ultimately on a track understeer is not good (and slower) but makes the car more communicative which is great for the road.

Std S2 maybe has a bit too much, but then it is much more stable on the limit than the S1......

[RCduck7]

If i am correct the S2 has more understeer mainly becausse of the 175 wide rims.
The S2 Exige has 195 rims so this one would make the perfect car?

[bogie]

Any S2 with the motorsport OZ rims run 195 fronts - thats all you need to do (and re-geo)...of course with std S2 rims, the widest you can realistically fit on the front is 185s

[bher]

Looking at the official lotuscars website, it is possible to change the geometry (etc,...) of the R to match the exige, assuming you buy the wheels, tyres,,...

Does anybody here try this? Any idea of the price. ?

[bogie]

if you put the S2 Exige wheels/tyres/suspension on an S2 111R then it will handle the same. The geo can be changed to anything you like. If you goto a Specialist they have a list of around 15 different geo settings for all derivatives of Elise/Exige in road/track different suspension set-ups etc