Bet I could get the rear tires to break loose -- oversteer -- in my FWD
Honda Accord, goin' through a corner. :)
We don't have to spin the rear tires to get the rear end to break loose.
I'm talking about going into the corner too fast, applying too much throttle
during the steering input, and breaking the rear loose.
How does that neat saying go --
Understeer is when you go off the road nose first
oversteer is when you go off the road a** first
neutral steer is -- when you go off the road sideways!
Richard Nichols
rnichol1@san.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <PZahornask@aol.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: How do you reduce oversteer in a FWD car?
> In a message dated 8/23/99 6:52:47 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
> rnichol1@san.rr.com writes:
>
> > I have no experience at *racing* (can I use that word?) a FWD car,
though
> > I've driven 'em on the street for a long time.
> >
> > But is it possible, since this is a new problem for you, that you're
> > applying more power in the corners than before, and the rear is just
> > breaking away? In other words, what's known as "power oversteer".
>
> In a FWD car there really isn't any such thing as power oversteer.
Putting
> power down in a turn will tend to lighten up the front end and shift the
> weight to the back. This will cause the car to push under extreme
steering
> angles.
>
> The original author did not mention when he was experiencing oversteer,
was
> it in a slalom? In the middle of a long sweeper? Was he on the gas hard
then
> jump off the gas? Was it under constant acceleration? All of this will
> factor into the reason a car is oversteering as well as the car setup.
> (Forgive me if this was covered earlier, I missed a few posts on this
thread.)
>
> Paul Zahornasky
>
>
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