 Reducing Understeer, Parts/tuning that can help |
 May 29, 2013 - 2:01 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Jun 26, '12 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  |
Hey all. Looking to reduce the periods of understeer that my car goes through when taking turns tightly, and sometimes not even that tightly at all. Mosty in wet weather, but where I live thats most the time anyway. I have a farely stock 95 gt, only mods in question currently are Megan springs and stag struts on it.
I did a tad bit of searching the forums and found some info, and I was hoping to get some clarification and maybe some advice. Will these modifications/addtions help me in this quest? lower front end Front strut tower bar F&R sway bar Is there anything else that can help? Will a strut tower bar/thicker sway bars really help? This post has been edited by snagmor: May 29, 2013 - 2:01 AM |
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Jun 7, 2013 - 2:46 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
You can install a rear strut bar if you cut up your interior.
 That being said the coupe is stiffer in the rear than the liftback for obvious reasons.
This post has been edited by Box: Jun 7, 2013 - 2:46 PM -------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Jun 7, 2013 - 2:47 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 26, '12 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
QUOTE (Box @ Jun 7, 2013 - 3:46 PM)  You can install a rear strut bar if you cut up your interior. That being said the coupe is stiffer in the rear than the liftback for obvious reasons.Never actaully seen/heard of anybody to that to theirs hahaha. But im not looking to gut the car, just squeeze what performance I can out of it. |
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snagmor Reducing Understeer May 29, 2013 - 2:01 AM
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