Sure it wasn't just tramlining? Did the road have any of those smooth indentations caused by heavy lorries?

 

Are sure it isnt anything to do with the front and rear strakes. apparently they aid high speed stability. some cars have them and others dont. been looking into this as mine doesnt.

 

I was doing 146 the other night and it felt very sensitive, but not remotely unstable.

 

Castor imbalance will tend to cause wandering or chasing the camber, as well as asymmetric reaction to bumps. But that is a front-end effect.

I suspect the problem is with the rear geomerty/RWS effect.

Ideally, the car should be set up as equal & opposite as possible. Small differences make a big effect.

 

I think in this bad weather the s03s are a godsend, my car feels alot more stable at high speed on s03s than s02s.

I had 4 wheel lazer alignment the other day and they didnt get it exact on each side for some reason however they said it was within the tolerances.

 

Since it's a beautiful day, went out for a slide about.

Worn S-02s are very good in a straight line at full VTEC, if a little twitchy in the corners!

 

Maybe unstable is too strong a word. Non-confidence-inspiring may be the better choice of words.

The highway was gently undulating and relatively new so it is very smooth with regard to the surface. The feeling I got was the same when i once had some soft-walled, high profile Avon tyres on my suspension tuned (read as hard as hell) civic. there is this definite feel of swaying, if ever so gently, when going in anything other than a dead straight line. Any corrections in steering makes the back feel like it want's to wag - not because of loss of traction, but more like rolling over on the sidewalls. It is all so subtle though - and this why I now say it does not inpsire me to try that too often.

 

These cars have passive RWS.

If you modify the suspension wantonly, that's what happens!

 

Would you consider putting the '05 wheels and tyres onto an '01 S wantonly modified? Does this mean one can't change the wheels of a S without running the risk of running off the road, even when changing to the package of a later model of the same car with correct offsets etc?

I find this hard to accept.

 

Is there any documentaion about this , I cant find any be good to see