Car feels strange/less responsive after coilovers

[StraightOuttaCanadaEh]

I just softened my coilovers by 3 clicks all around and the thing understeers like a pig on the on ramps. Will try to get better winter tires next year

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanadaEh

I just softened my coilovers by 3 clicks all around and the thing understeers like a pig on the on ramps. Will try to get better winter tires next year

Do you swap out the summer air that accumulated in them while they sat, or did you put fresh winter air in them?

[StraightOuttaCanadaEh]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Do you swap out the summer air that accumulated in them while they sat, or did you put fresh winter air in them?

fresh crisp winter air! 35 psi all around. They're just shit blocky gummy tires. I'll spend money next year and get those... what are they called...LM32

[CrowsFeast]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

Just to clarify for a lot of folks, this is ***COMPLETELY*** track and driver dependent. It 1. depends on the driver to maximize the grip of a lesser tire, and 2. it strives to find the balance between cornering speed and straight line speed. To a lesser degree, it is vehicle setup dependent.

The average driver will usually find more value in a larger tire giving them more thermal capacity, rather than seeking the theoretical "fastest" setup that they may not be able to fully exploit.

Do you have a link to a thread for this? I've always been lead to believe that you should run as much tire as you can (read a lot of Vorshlag's build threads). I'm certainly open to learning new/better things though.

I'd also guess that it's heavily track dependent if you're balancing straight line vs cornering. I don't get a lot of long straights at the nearby tracks I run.

[DarkPira7e]

Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanadaEh

fresh crisp winter air! 35 psi all around. They're just shit blocky gummy tires. I'll spend money next year and get those... what are they called...LM32

Try stabbing the brakes before engaging the corner to transfer weight onto the front tires if the corner isn't too long!

[StraightOuttaCanadaEh]

Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

Try stabbing the brakes before engaging the corner to transfer weight onto the front tires if the corner isn't too long!

Oh I've done that, but that would be quite scary on an on-ramp lol. This was almost the end of the on-ramp and I suddenly felt the nose push wide. It was a strange experience as I've never felt the car do that before. If anything, it always is super keen to turn in, granted that's when it's on sticky wide summer tires and with the coilovers firmed up. But with the softer setting and crappy snow/ice tires, that's hard. I need better coilovers and better tires.

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by CrowsFeast

Do you have a link to a thread for this? I've always been lead to believe that you should run as much tire as you can (read a lot of Vorshlag's build threads). I'm certainly open to learning new/better things though.

I'd also guess that it's heavily track dependent if you're balancing straight line vs cornering. I don't get a lot of long straights at the nearby tracks I run.

There's no specific thread holding the data. Everyone's finding's are different because it's dependent on many factors.

[churchx]

@StraightOuttaCanadaEh btw, have you checked state of bushings? I had noticeable handling change mid turn when leaning more on side, when my front LCA whiteline front bushing's metal core separated from poly surround.

[StraightOuttaCanadaEh]

Originally Posted by churchx

@StraightOuttaCanadaEh btw, have you checked state of bushings? I had noticeable handling change mid turn when leaning more on side, when my front LCA whiteline front bushing's metal core separated from poly surround.

I haven’t recently, no. I don’t think there’s a problem, I’m gonna go with Occam’s razor here and just assume it’s cold weather + slick pavement + shitty driver + even shittier tires + crap coilovers with horrible valving.