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Understeer?, Woah... tha's wierd... |
Brando |
Mar 30 2006, 04:04 AM
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So, I've been driving the 914 alot more lately (side story to that). And I've noticed since my last alignment that the car seems to have a bit of understeer*
* To clarify, am I correct in saying under-steer is when you turn the steering wheel and the car does not immediately turn (plows a bit)? So, here's what I got: Boges all around. 23mm Adjustable bar up front. Stock rear bar. Stock tortion bars up front. 120lb springs in back. Rear ride hieght is 5½" from ground to rockers. Front ride height is 4½" from ground to rockers. I do not have money to throw at a solution. I very much would like to keep the rear bar as it does keep the car very stable in wide wide WIDE turns that I like to take very fast. I guess I'm asking, how should I adjust this? Stiffen the front bar? Run it "softer"? Level the car out front and rear? I do not have adjustable perches in the back (consider it stock hardware). New shocks are not an option. When I was running with the front bar alone, I noticed the front of car would stay flat in very tight turns but would plow a little bit -- give it enough gas and it would straighten the ass-end out in the direction I want, when I added the rear bar it made the whole car stay level in turns, but the understeer* remained, was a bit more noticeable. Any suggestions, please fire away. Thanks. I know I'm crazy, but I can't spare any pennies on my cars for some time. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) |
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