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Does anyone know how to reduce the understeer in the 6gc? I've lowered it with shocks, thicker front and rear sway bars and I have 2 strut bars but I am still getting a lot of understeer and I really hate it!.
I heard that getting a thicker rear sway bar might help. Does anyone know anything about this? |
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You'll almost always want to run higher pressures in the front on a FWD car. There are are few types of tire carcass that dont follow this, but very few. What actual pressures you run will vary depending on the tire. If you're autoxing it is permissable to inflate tires slightly over their recomended max pressure.
The understeer could be caused by a lot of things. The first and most important is alignment. You should try to get all the negative camber you can in the front of the car and slightly less in the rear. Toe should be 0 all around for street use. You can run a little front toe out on the track to help the car turn in better. Driving style is the second most important thing. Entering a turn too hot is almost always the culprit. The old racer mantra is 'Slow in, Fast out'. Try it, it works. It is often possible to trail brake slightly once you're already at the limit to bring the rear around. My car is set up primarily for autox so it oversteers slightly in steady state cornering. A roadrace car should be setup with a slight understeer. |
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