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post 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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post Apr 21, 2012 - 2:37 PM
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Are you still on the stock tires?
I have 225/55/17 on my car, all season tires, 10mm spacers in the rear / 5mm in the front, and just rear end links. Everything else is stock.
I can take off ramps (depending on the sharpness and angle) at about 40 - 60 mph, and the car doesn't slide at all.
Obviously if I cut into a corner hard, I can get the rear end to break loose a bit.

I feel like it could be your tires, especially if you are still on the stock rims and the tires aren't the best. Having wider wheels with spacers gives me a better center of gravity so it will grip the road better.

(Anyone can correct me if I'm wrong about that, it's just what I've heard from a few people)

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