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Originally Posted by mazeroni
If it was sitting higher, I would expect the car to feel more like any other FWD car. Nose heavy and prone to understeer, squat, and dive.
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Higher center of masses = more longitudinal weight transfer when accelerating or decelerating, meaning the car is
less prone to understeer when trail braking.
The first time I drove an STI vs BRZ one after another on a frozen lake, the BRZ understeered when I carried too much speed into a corner, whereas the front of the STI was grabbing, and the car was turning in a lot more confidently.
Squat/dive is also a function of spring rates, wheel base, anti-squat/anti-dive suspension geometry, etc.