corner exit traction

[jeebus]

Even with grippier (Continental DW) tires and more neutral (RCE Yellow) springs, I've oversteered the crap out of 3rd gear on some AutoX courses.

So easy to control though...love it!

[autobrz]

I installed whiteline camber bolts and set them at the max adjustment. So much more front grip and cornering stability. No more strange feeling of the tire rolling onto its sidewall and wobbling back and forth. Now the rear can't keep up and just feels loose. Maybe I got to start driving differently than before and transfer more weight to the rear wheels earlier.

Anyone tried to run a softer rear sway bar than stock to give it more grip? I can't do suspension mods right now or justify that on a car that I'm making payments so the best I can do is maybe take off the stock bar and machine it down to a smaller diameter. I also hate big front sway bars.

edit: whiteline camber bolts are made by SPC, that's what's stamped on the bolt anyway. So if you can find a set branded as SPC, they're the same thing.

[robispec]

remove rear swaybar link...we did

[autobrz]

I want to try that. Do you know how much spring rate the rear swaybar has? stock rear springs are only 195lb/in in the brz. it's already sprung softer than the front taking into account motion ratio. The rear definitely has enough rebound damping though, because when I brake, the car doesn't dive much at all.

[infanterene]

Jeez I think somethings wrong with my car. I cant get it to oversteer. I read threads like this and get a little jealous.

[autobrz]

The rotation characteristics of the car is very eager yet very progressive. This is what makes the car so fun. With adequate front camber, it rotates even more balanced than stock. I marked the front tires with chalk to see how much its rolling over. with 1.4* of camber, the chalk remained right to the edge of the wear indicator. It's just about perfect. Although it's still possible to find more grip by going more camber because tires work better with some of that stuff. I'm already maxed out on the upper camber bolt though.

If a mid-engined car rotated like my brz on corner entry or mid-corner on stock suspension settings, I'd be too busy saving my life every time but with this car it is completely under control and even easy. It's not even oversteer that I experience most of the time. It's just rotation. I'm still getting used to this because my habit has been to get back on the gas as soon as I feel any rotation to plant the rear but for the brz, it is completely unnecessary. All I have to do is let the beautiful balance do its work.

[autobrz]

I forgot the neutral feeling is helped by giving both front and rear a touch of toe-in. 0.04* each.

[carbonBLUE]

Originally Posted by Porsche

Bet you can't do that in SIXTH gear in the automatic!

Have you looked at that ratio? Lordy! I figure you guys need to change down from sixth when encountering a slight grade on the interstate.

ive gotten the back end out in 6th on a rain day on the highway by accident... damn Prius tires...

i usually dont have to change down into 5th unless its a pretty decent incline...