Understeer, is that what they do?
Understeer, is that what they do?
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Brummmie

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5,284 posts

251 months

Monday 16th June 2008
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I've noticed at track speeds, if you dont drive totally committed on the power in corners, she understeers. Is this what they do, or does a bit more camber help out? when it does this i floor it and it brings the back around, but it would be nice to have options!

Nefarious

989 posts

295 months

Monday 16th June 2008
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Brummmie said:
Is this what they do
Mine doesn't. Neutral to oversteer balance in the medium-to-fast stuff, bit more understeering in the slow stuff unless you boot it.

My understanding of the finer points of geo/corner weighting etc leaves a lot to be desired, so I'll leave explanations to others. Don't forget the impact of the ARB on handling balance, tho.

trackcar

6,453 posts

256 months

Monday 16th June 2008
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too much weight up front? hehe

In the short term just modify your driving .. understeer is caused by going too fast for the current spec of car chassis. If you want to reduce the understeer by changing the car then the route you choose to address it depends on when it is happening, how biased you want the car towards a track or road friendly bias and how you want the car to behave through the rest of the corner.

Mr.Cerbera

5,151 posts

260 months

Wednesday 18th June 2008
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'Scuse my big mouth and lack of knowledge but changing my tyre pressures by a relatively small amount drastically affects both ends in cornering. Having said that I've never managed to get her to understeer (not that I'd want to as I dislike it).
A modern philosopher once said if you're worried about understeer, go into the corner 5% faster than usual with the clutch in. If it still understeers you've got a problem. If you don't have it then it's your throttle application entering the corner...