Oversteer is good for you
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Originally Posted by PedalFaster,Oct 12 2004, 01:26 PM
Questions in the second category are valid as well, but they really belong in S2000 Talk, not Racing and Competition, in my opinion.
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Damn babies! The car is SUPPOSED to kick out in the corners if you drive it properly!
My clutch died at the last practice/race (a few weeks ago) and I had to drive an Evo and an STI. They were fun...but too darn stable. I wanted to fling the car around more!
I really pushed the car at this weekend's SCNAX Cup here in So Cal and I was able to anticipate when it kicked out and/or catch it when it started. And I'm a GIRL. That should shut them up for a while. Hehe.
Disclaimer: I've been autocrossing for about 6 months now. So I'm not quite experienced enough, but have accumulated enough bravado to make sweeping statements like this.
Oh...and I got the Most Valuable Driver award this Sunday! Which translates as me having the best index of the bunch...hehe
My clutch died at the last practice/race (a few weeks ago) and I had to drive an Evo and an STI. They were fun...but too darn stable. I wanted to fling the car around more!
I really pushed the car at this weekend's SCNAX Cup here in So Cal and I was able to anticipate when it kicked out and/or catch it when it started. And I'm a GIRL.
That should shut them up for a while. Hehe.Disclaimer: I've been autocrossing for about 6 months now. So I'm not quite experienced enough, but have accumulated enough bravado to make sweeping statements like this.
Oh...and I got the Most Valuable Driver award this Sunday! Which translates as me having the best index of the bunch...hehe
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Originally Posted by rlaifatt,Oct 12 2004, 06:54 AM
That's my world now. 
But hopefully it will be fixed soon.
Good point jzr. I drove Socal Craig's stock suspension car at BW and was so pleasantly reminded of how well the stock car handles on R-compounds.
But hopefully it will be fixed soon.Good point jzr. I drove Socal Craig's stock suspension car at BW and was so pleasantly reminded of how well the stock car handles on R-compounds.
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Yeah yeah, smoother inputs would have helped me, But those were the wrong spring rates on a M3. I played with a bunch of things at the end of that run and got the car working MUCHO better. Still need softer rear springs.
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Originally Posted by Mrsideways,Oct 13 2004, 02:18 PM
Yeah yeah, smoother inputs would have helped me, But those were the wrong spring rates on a M3. I played with a bunch of things at the end of that run and got the car working MUCHO better. Still need softer rear springs.
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I hate oversteer on the street. Snap oversteer is more like it.
Understeer is fun because you can't generally lose the car, it just pushes everywhere.
Its a matter of taste, and for the most part, based on experience.
How many of the people who love sliding the ass around were brought up or drove RWD cars most of their life?
Understeer is fun because you can't generally lose the car, it just pushes everywhere.
Its a matter of taste, and for the most part, based on experience.
How many of the people who love sliding the ass around were brought up or drove RWD cars most of their life?