So anyways we were practicing on a private closed parking lot... I have Potenza RE-01R and stock US alignment, stock everything else...

I let the tires warm up for a good 15 mins or so.. I could tell when there warm they just grip hella better then when there cold..

Anyways take a normal driving line, slam on the breaks, go into the turn, then ease the gas into it and go..
So heres my situation (and integra gsr was always on my tale except for the straights.

And if I tried to keep him behind me in the turns I would have some bad results. ie if I went to fast into the turn the front end would slide.. or if I tried to fast to exit the turn the back end would slide. Sometimes if I was just right the whole car would slide the front and the back..

The question is since im new at driving rear wheel am i doing something wrong. I know my old front wheel was so prodictable and easy... I actually feel like my old car can take the corners faster.

My friends say its the tires, but these tires are rated hella good, have more then half the tread still too..

And trust me we warmed the up good.. driving for about 2 hours practicing..

EDIT: Oh and to mention this is a parking lot so we setup sharp turns like 90 degrees and more..

 

Speed Secrets 1, Ross Bentley
Going Faster, Carl Lopez

 

Get some one-on-one instruction from a rwd autoxer in your area. Many SCCA regions have test-n-tune days or schools.

 

Read these, all of them:

http://www.miata.net/sport/Physics/

on edit: And stop saying "hella", it causes bumpsteer.

 

And use of the non-word "anyways" causes terminal underscrub,
substituting "there" for "they're" leads to blinker fluid boiling,
substituting "then" for "than" causes ground-strap failure,
substituting "tale" for "tail" leads to granny-shifting instead of double-clutching like you should,
substituting "to" for "too" can reduce camber spacer effectiveness,
etc. etc.


But cirrusly, seat time is your true friend. Rear wheel drive is HELLA more fun than fwd, you just need to get accustomed to it. Participate in as many local autocrosses as you can, and don't worry if your times don't set the world on fire immediately. Stick with it and do as many as you can.

rwd >> fwd

 

Oh yeah, you might get an alignment done. If you want maximum handling, have them maximize front and rear negative camber. Set toe to zero up front, and ~.2deg (~.4deg total) rear.

Enjoy!

 

Great books, get them from Amazon:

 

Yup. Hella good.

 

I think Bryan lives in your area. He's very fast and always extremely helpfull. BrysnH is his sn and you can see him at an scca event usually in his MR2 and sometimes in his S.
This is in addition to the books.