 FWD 6GC Oversteer?, Why am I experiencing oversteer? |
 Apr 20, 2012 - 11:04 AM
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So if any of you read my post in the "Today I..." topic you know that I had a mishap on the highway the other day. Well I drove past the skid marks and its quite clear I locked up the back wheels for about 10 feet and then the car went into a spin. Then, yesterday, I took the car along some super twisty country roads and was experiencing oversteer. When I went around a corner at a fair speed, the rear end was swinging out slightly, even with me gassing it out of the turns. Its actually very pleasant getting the rearend out maybe 5°-10°, as our cars are extremely stable and oversteer is WAY better than understeer. It just comes as a suprise to me. Im used to this car understeering as any FWD car is prone to do. My tires are crap but they all have decent tread on them and are properly inflated, and my alignment is slightly off but Ive gotten cars back from the alignment shop worse than it.
So any ideas? Do yall experience oversteer or understeer? I guess I need to start doing some autocross and really get the feel for this vehicle. |
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Apr 20, 2012 - 12:12 PM
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You on poorly dampened coils?
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Apr 20, 2012 - 12:37 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 29, '11 From Haltom City, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
QUOTE (mak5603 @ Apr 20, 2012 - 12:12 PM)  You on poorly dampened coils? To my knowledge Im on the original suspension and my first thought was the rear struts but it seems to happen on left turns as well as right. If I grab the car and shake it/bounce it as hard as I can the sway bars seem to work excellent(I can only twist the body side to side a half inch) and the dampners seem to be doing their job(I can push the car down 2 inches and it will spring back to normal and stop, not bouncy like a bad shock). So I dunno. Guess Im gonna have to lift the car and do some looking and prying to try to locate the problem. I wish I could find an alignment shop that is capable of at least half-assing their job. Goodyear lost my business after their total incompetance with my Lincoln's alignment. I took it to them 3 times before I ended up doing it myself |
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Special_Edy FWD 6GC Oversteer? Apr 20, 2012 - 11:04 AM
Culpable04 the only thing I can think of are.
Rear sway bar... Apr 20, 2012 - 11:32 AM
Special_Edy QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Apr 20, 2012 - 11... Apr 20, 2012 - 12:02 PM BonzaiCelica its the other way around.
prevent oversteer you m... Apr 20, 2012 - 11:58 AM kurt95gt My 94 st an my 90 gt were both tailhappy
My 95 gt... Apr 20, 2012 - 12:25 PM dudeofchaos Weird as the only time I lost control of the car w... Apr 20, 2012 - 1:10 PM Culpable04 QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Apr 20, 2012 - 12... Apr 20, 2012 - 1:22 PM Special_Edy QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Apr 20, 2012 - 1... Apr 20, 2012 - 1:45 PM 6gcer +1 on checking front sway bar. How many miles do ... Apr 20, 2012 - 2:12 PM Special_Edy QUOTE (6gcer @ Apr 20, 2012 - 3:12 P... Apr 20, 2012 - 4:17 PM 6gcer QUOTE (Special_Edy @ Apr 20, 2012 - 2... Apr 20, 2012 - 4:52 PM Special_Edy I wonder if the fuel level has any affect on the h... Apr 21, 2012 - 2:22 PM mkernz22 Are you still on the stock tires?
I have 225/55/1... Apr 21, 2012 - 2:37 PM Bitter with 18 years and over 100K miles the stock struts... Apr 21, 2012 - 3:02 PM Spider77 Real question is...(since im local..sorta), which ... Apr 21, 2012 - 3:54 PM |
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