Hiyas i have an 03 s2000 with tein s-tech springs and was wondering a good setup on the swaybars to cure the oversteer or atleast make it better. Not saying i dont like practicing my drifting skills. its just the car has no warning whatso ever that the rear end is about to step out. any setup and or links to the parts would be wonderful. Thanks!

 

Stiffer front springs,stiffer(bigger)front sway bar;
softer rear springs,softer rear sway bar(or no rear sway bar)wider,stickier rear tires.
Is it a street,or race set-up?

 

What he said.

Also, have someone who is a good driver (who has at least had some success as an auto-xer or track driver) take a spin and give your their impressions on it's handling.

Take it to an auto-x and learn how easily the back comes around and what to do when it does. I used to spin out auto-xing quite a bit. Now I hardly ever do and when I do it's never that far out of control. It's not neccessarily about the car's set up. It could be your driving.

 

 

Umm, you mean like what they did to the '04/'05 models?

Are we talking about "dumbing" the car down here??

<Ducking, big time!> Ok, Ok, Ok, I'm only kidding here.

Considering all the band width that's been committed to this subject, I couldn't resist.

I'm driving an '04 model and, under the right circumstances, it will oversteer in a way that feels to quite natural to me. I don't know how the pre-'04 models work in this mode. Of course, I drove a '64 Corvair for about 2 years when I was in my late teens so anything an S2000 would do is going to feel pretty tame to me.

Slowboi, good luck with your mods.

Drive Safe,
Steve R.

 

ive never spun out its just the rear end will slide out even when im not on the throttle at all would just a stiffer front sway help out quite a bit? i dont totally want the car to be un-slidable just a little more predictable

 

MY 03?
If everything is stock,and in good shape,take a good driving course;for the streets,it's about as neutral as it will be !!!

 

Does it slide out when you lift off the throttle? When you start to apply the brakes?

With no inputs, the car should handle pretty neutrally. If you are doing things to upset the chassis while in a corner, then that is the problem. A quick lift or brake application is MORE than enough to have the tail start to chase the nose...

 

nope i can go into a corner no acelleration and no brakes and the rear end will step out. It only started to do that after the lowering springs though

 

Ha ! Ha!!!
What kind o springs have you got?
What's the rating?
How low did you go?
What kind of shocks ?