Another day at the track, but with rain..help with understeer
11-02-2010, 04:51 PM
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I can feel your frustration but you're expecting a street car with pretty much stock suspension and street tires to respond like a well prepared race car. T9 is an understeering turn for most Porsches and you have to drive thru it correctly. It's a damn scary turn, I've ended up against the tire barriers on more occasions than I care to remember. In your case you need a late apex high off the right side getting back on the throttle at the bottom and tracking out under throttle. Yes a LSD would help you at that point, but not if you're in too early and lift. The diff may well then send you spinning. There's an art to driving a LSD correctly, but first you need some suspension and tires for the track. Oh and those H & R springs while looking great, are really not well suited for tracking with stock dampers. Start saving and buy used. There's always deals out there....
In no particular order I would start with shocks and springs (you don't need adjustability, just quality), adjustable sway bars front & rear with adjustable drop links, GT3 lower control arms for the front only (OEM rears can provide enough neg camber), and at least 8's & 10's with R-compound tires....
In no particular order I would start with shocks and springs (you don't need adjustability, just quality), adjustable sway bars front & rear with adjustable drop links, GT3 lower control arms for the front only (OEM rears can provide enough neg camber), and at least 8's & 10's with R-compound tires....
11-06-2010, 03:30 AM
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oh my god! First I should have bled my brakes before going, but it forced me to trailbrake, and all my problems with understeer quickly turned to oversteer. Drifted through 3 to 5 in the morning my passenger thought we were going to spin, but I was able to keep it on the asphalt. Someone mentioned the rotation of the car is somewhere around the front axels when it does oversteer, and I definitely noticed that today.
I was taking it easy the rest of the day, and just practicing the line, but still driving at a good clip, and a red e36 325 passed me going into turn 8, drifted sideways up the hill and flipped right in front of me. I did one more run and went home after that.
Yikes!
I was taking it easy the rest of the day, and just practicing the line, but still driving at a good clip, and a red e36 325 passed me going into turn 8, drifted sideways up the hill and flipped right in front of me. I did one more run and went home after that.
Yikes!
