First off, you have to just get yourself used to the fact that your car will
lean WAY more in right turns (or at least it will feel that way).
Negotiating a long right requires some guts, mostly for this reason.
As for oversteering out of right turns, the cheapest way to cure that is to
roll into the throttle more gradually on exit (I have this same problem in
my Miata, especially if I stiffen my rear shocks). Since it's allowed in
CSP, you might also consider putting an LSD in your car.
I'd also suggest, as far as less expensive fixes than an LSD, putting tie
wraps around the shock shafts to find out how much travel you are using on
turns. If you haven't trimmed your bump stops, you might need to in order
to gain suspension travel (I haven't actually tried this, but I know a
couple folks who did).
Scot
'91 CS Miata
----- Original Message -----
From: Jenaro Rodriguez <dicej@cnw.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 10:12 AM
Subject: Right turn challenged driver looking for tips
> I'm an intermediate level autocrosser running in CSP. I'm looking for
> some insight on driving technique. Now I know that most cars turn better
> to the left (weight of driver, etc.). I've noticed that I have trouble
> consistently with right handed turns. Transitions seem fine as in
> slaloms and offsets. Turn-arounds, decreasing radius sweepers going into
> a straight or tight medium speed right hand turns give me a hard time.
> More often than not, I have problems with corner exit understeer. It's
> not a lot but it's just enough to cost me precious time. I find it's
> harder for me to keep the correct line through these turns. The driver
> perspective is so different turning right. I try to force the car
> towards the apex but end up pushing more. FWIW the car is aligned and
> straight so I tend to believe that it's a driver problem as opposed to a
> car problem('83 RX7). Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.
> Thanks!
>
> Jay
> '83 RX7 CSP
>
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