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understeer on 17 brz
17 brz on the track. much easier to drive than the 16 FRS... rear end is much easier to control, but the damn thing understeers all over the place. especially downhill. had to use the brakes a lot to get it to turn in at any reasonable rate at all... what are some steps i can take to bias the grip up front a little more? stiffer rear antisway bar? the front feels almost underdamped... but wouldn't more damping on the front make the understeer worse?
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I'm guessing you already left foot brake?
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Add camber up front. Changing springs and bars and dampers is a waste imo if you're not even using the whole tire you've got. Stock suspension I think I went up to 3.2 degrees and the improvement in grip was immense.
Technique will do a lot, newbies generally charge the corners too hard and create their own understeer, I have definitely done that. Instruction/tightening the nut behind the wheel can cure a lot of car setup problems. The other trick may be pedal dance to improve trail braking rotation. After exploring those things I think a stiffer rear sway may get you the balance you want, but I'd chase alignment first, I was pretty happy with the balance with -3.0 degrees up front and nothing else. |
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BTW if you don't provide more details about your setup you've pretty much exhausted the amount of suggestions you will get. Last edited by strat61caster; 09-03-2017 at 06:38 PM. |
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Car is fully stock aside from an oil cooler and some brake pads. The other problem that day was they just put down a slurry coat at streets of Willow, so people were saying it's like driving on ice... Maybe it was just a bad day? Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk |
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Won't know unless you have video why it didn't go on. My only advice is you don't have to do it super fast, just do it deliberate, you have plenty of time, make sure you see the e-brake light go off when you go down, lift your foot all the way off the brake pedal.
Everyone has bad days, track conditions very well may be the issue, but you'll have to correct for it somehow so you have a good time when it happens again, 'cause nobody is going to hand out refunds. |
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Thanks for your advice. I actually had a blast fighting to get front grip. Quite a change from the last car which was fighting to keep from spinning. But I would like the car to turn in better. I'll take video trying to get into pedal dance and maybe you'll see what I'm doing wrong... I thought I had it down with the last car but I'm probably doing something wrong. You know... I just thought... This one has the little oem wing... I wonder if that's the main difference I'm noticing. Maybe I should just get a splitter lol Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk |
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But ya Brz tend to lack a bit of front end traction when you turn. |
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It transfers weight to the front while keeping power to the rear which should help induce oversteer. Or at least help reduce understeer.
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Reposition your camera to get your hands in the shot, seeing where the car is can be nice for critiquing lines, but if you want to get insight into what the car is doing you are showing about 1/3 of the picture.
Things like rough binary inputs, shallow or late turn in, too aggressive or not aggressive enough, or maybe you're babying it and doing everything in your power to manage the weight transfer and the car is simply not responding, it's incredibly tough to judge without at a minimum seeing what the driver is doing. |
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