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I have noticed that when I go about 80 or above my car starts shimmying and somewhat swaying from side to side. If I were to get a spoiler, would that help with the shaking?
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Have your wheels balanced and rotated. That oughtta fix it; and your car won't look as stupid.
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start by checking your alignment, suspension, and tires. i know that on some imperfect highways my csvt can do a little shimmy. at 80 i very much doubt that a lack of spoiler is causing your shimy. soon though others will post and either correct or confirm this
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Definitely check wheel balance and allignment.
Also, a 4' jungle gym on the trunk would be a nice accent
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Originally posted by nimrod:
I have noticed that when I go about 80 or above my car starts shimmying and somewhat swaying from side to side. If I were to get a spoiler, would that help with the shaking?
Check your front and rear sway bars and mounts.
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Originally posted by nimrod:
I have noticed that when I go about 80 or above my car starts shimmying and somewhat swaying from side to side. If I were to get a spoiler, would that help with the shaking?
spoilers are for looks, unless you have an F1 car 
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Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Definitely check wheel balance and allignment.
Also, a 4' jungle gym on the trunk would be a nice accent
Mark
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Originally posted by Goonz12 (SVT):
Originally posted by nimrod:
I have noticed that when I go about 80 or above my car starts shimmying and somewhat swaying from side to side. If I were to get a spoiler, would that help with the shaking?
spoilers are for looks, unless you have an F1 car
Actualy if its a true spoiler, its fully functional form about 75 mph and on....its main use is RWD cars, due to the fact that the rear wheels need the down force to stay planted to the road.
the main reason FWD cars would have it, is if for some reason they need the down force to keep the rear planted.
The only possible problem i could see is when the down force pushes down on a front wheeldrive car (street car not race car) and causes a slight lift in the fornt end....Causeing slightly lower tracting and vehical reaction times, because the car is no longer at its original seating.
But the overall message in my post is that they serve a fast larger racing community than just f-1 cars.
Lupe
Last edited by Roz 1999 SVT-C; 09/15/04 12:48 AM.
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Originally posted by Goonz12 (SVT):
Originally posted by nimrod:
I have noticed that when I go about 80 or above my car starts shimmying and somewhat swaying from side to side. If I were to get a spoiler, would that help with the shaking?
spoilers are for looks, unless you have an F1 car
so i guess all those porsches and ferraris have wings for looks?
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Originally posted by DopePope:
Originally posted by Goonz12 (SVT):
Originally posted by nimrod:
I have noticed that when I go about 80 or above my car starts shimmying and somewhat swaying from side to side. If I were to get a spoiler, would that help with the shaking?
spoilers are for looks, unless you have an F1 car
so i guess all those porsches and ferraris have wings for looks?
Very noticeable observation!!!!! Hence my explanation in my previous post.
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