Scooby Understeer ...

[paulmoonraker]

Hi everyone,

I have a 2005 STi with Tein coilovers. How can I reduce understeer? The only thing I have done handling wise is the coilovers, yet I have been meaning to change the roll bars and drop links for ages. The car is a track and weekend toy, so ride comfort is really not a factor...

Thanks...

[paulmoonraker]

Evil.soup said:

ScoobieWRX said:

Have you had geometry done?

Was just about to post the exact same advice. It made a world of difference to the turn in on mine!

Yes, a prodrive set up

[paulmoonraker]

Cheers for the comments. I will do the ARB as that seems obvious. Tyres are the same (OE for the car). I might raise the car back to original height to see if that makes a difference (it's about 1 inch lower)...

[paulmoonraker]

Yes, the car is lowered by an inch all round (standard factory setting when using Teins). Anyway, as it happens I am planning on selling the beast now for a new toy, so I wont be doing any more to it...

[paulmoonraker]

Porsche Gayman S (the 3.4ltr one). Just fancy a change for a while. Will probably do an Evo FQ360 after that I wont lie though - it's going to be really hard letting her go

[paulmoonraker]

ScoobieWRX said:

paulmoonraker said:

Porsche Gayman S (the 3.4ltr one). Just fancy a change for a while. Will probably do an Evo FQ360 after that I wont lie though - it's going to be really hard letting her go

Just don't cry when a scooby blows you at the lights

Actually, fair play to you. Very nice to have a porsche, even if it is a Gayman with 3.4ltrs.

yes, there are not many things that will stand up to a mapped STi launched properly, which gets me to the whole performance vs. price problem... Where do you go from the turbonutter cars? The answer is something different enough so you don't attempt direct comparisons.

[paulmoonraker]

ScoobieWRX said:

I've no doubt that in the fullness of time you'll be hunting around for ideas for Gayman Mods and where to get it remapped.

Yep, already started with no blower though it's down to bolt-ons only really still I doubt it will be a keeper

[paulmoonraker]

markCSC said:

Blower you say?

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/2428...

£11,240 they say

No, I would not bother modifying the arse out of a Cayman... I will wait till I get an Evo for that

[paulmoonraker]

ScoobieWRX said:

Then i'd have scratched that 2WD itch and gone for the Gayman. I bet you'll find that a Gayman is OK to live with daily. You might love it

I am buying it as a work car 20K in a year then I sell it... I wont lie, it did feel special to sit in...

Fear not however, I will still be here dispensing advice, ops, I mean opinions on Scoobies