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A couple nights ago I was doing some spirited driving. I took a sweeping left-hand curve at about 100, when the back end of my car started to slide. Luckily i slid into an empty lane and did not hit anything or anyone. My question is why would I be experiencing oversteer? I though the front end would slide out first due to the front wheel drive architecture.
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My car does the same thing. It over steers a bit i think it is normal for these cars.
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well your sorta starting to swing the car so the back will start to come out a bit. now u know how far u can push your car before it starts to do that.
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Remember, you're also decelerating in a curve, that shifts weight FORWARD, decreasing rear traction, and there... voila! The tail breaks loose.
High speed drift driving thus involves a bit of anticipating the curve and all that.
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Originally posted by Kasey Chang:
Remember, you're also decelerating in a curve, that shifts weight FORWARD, decreasing rear traction, and there... voila! The tail breaks loose.
High speed drift driving thus involves a bit of anticipating the curve and all that.
Exactly. If you where to get on the throttle going through the turn, you would push the cars weight to the rear, inducing understeer. Kinda fun eh?
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If these cars oversteer a bit going to a biger rear swaybar like BAT make it worst? So why do so many people install them?
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Originally posted by mcfast:
If these cars oversteer a bit going to a biger rear swaybar like BAT make it worst? So why do so many people install them?
They don't,, they understeer. Though ANY car can be pushed in a way to develop understeer or oversteer.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by mcfast:
If these cars oversteer a bit going to a biger rear swaybar like BAT make it worst? So why do so many people install them?
They don't,, they understeer. Though ANY car can be pushed in a way to develop understeer or oversteer.
Mying never understeer it oversteer when i push it. I have been driveing for over 30 years and a lot of sport cars i think i know what understeer and oversteer is.
plus 10 years MX racing.
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Maybe someone already installed a larger rear bar in your car before you bought it?
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Originally posted by rkneeshaw:
Maybe someone already installed a larger rear bar in your car before you bought it?
It looks all stock. I think i am not the only one that his CSVT oversteers?
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