Which WRX STI- Hawkeye VS Hatch VS 2010 Saloon?
Discussion
plenty said:
On the road you always want the smallest wheels that will fit over your brakes. The only benefit of a bigger wheel is improved steering response due to lower-profile tyres, and even that’s marginal and more dependent on sidewall stiffness.
Big wheels and thin tyres are heavier and less compliant...for show not go
Hmmm very interesting. I thought this might be the case!Big wheels and thin tyres are heavier and less compliant...for show not go
So the snow has been interesting hasn't it!
Getting things from the shops / going sledging and the likes of has meant a few opportunities to get out and play around a bit.
As mentioned, the balance of the car is very interesting! As mentioned 1001 times, once you get out of of apex of the corner and add a little power the back really comes out. This is something I have felt beforehand, but with the lack of traction, it becomes much more evident how the weight shifts around and how the AWD corresponds to that. Really surprised how rear bias it has been in the icy / snow! I'm starting to feel that in dry / perfect conditions the car is almost indestructible, you almost need bad weather to play around haha.
I was going to my local farm shop which required a country road / steep hill. It's funny how it seems like the car has a lot more grip going up Icey hills in comparison to going down he hills!
Going down, just to test the nature of the car, I turn slightly left/right and applied too much brakes to bring the back out and slide down a touch. Managed to get a full anti lock a few times hahah. But once again, just releasing the brakes and bringing home is very predictable. But as mentioned before, going up the same hill seems like it's not even stretching. No idea why it's that way around, but maybe the tyres are doing more 'digging' when moving in comparison to passively sliding haha.
I 'had to find the right parking spot'. Took ages lols... anyways I was keeping the car generally on point with a bit of wiggle around the corners and after a while I smelt slight burning smell. Nothing major, just a tad when I stopped. Could that be the 'clutch' on the centre diff (whatever it's called) or handbrake? Perhaps maybe slight clutch smell, but obviously not a massive amount of power was added so cant see why that would be under stress. Did smell a touch like clutch though!?
Getting things from the shops / going sledging and the likes of has meant a few opportunities to get out and play around a bit.
As mentioned, the balance of the car is very interesting! As mentioned 1001 times, once you get out of of apex of the corner and add a little power the back really comes out. This is something I have felt beforehand, but with the lack of traction, it becomes much more evident how the weight shifts around and how the AWD corresponds to that. Really surprised how rear bias it has been in the icy / snow! I'm starting to feel that in dry / perfect conditions the car is almost indestructible, you almost need bad weather to play around haha.
I was going to my local farm shop which required a country road / steep hill. It's funny how it seems like the car has a lot more grip going up Icey hills in comparison to going down he hills!
Going down, just to test the nature of the car, I turn slightly left/right and applied too much brakes to bring the back out and slide down a touch. Managed to get a full anti lock a few times hahah. But once again, just releasing the brakes and bringing home is very predictable. But as mentioned before, going up the same hill seems like it's not even stretching. No idea why it's that way around, but maybe the tyres are doing more 'digging' when moving in comparison to passively sliding haha.
I 'had to find the right parking spot'. Took ages lols... anyways I was keeping the car generally on point with a bit of wiggle around the corners and after a while I smelt slight burning smell. Nothing major, just a tad when I stopped. Could that be the 'clutch' on the centre diff (whatever it's called) or handbrake? Perhaps maybe slight clutch smell, but obviously not a massive amount of power was added so cant see why that would be under stress. Did smell a touch like clutch though!?
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