Adding wider tyres will make the car track.tramline in ruts more.. so that
isnt beyond reason. As for the other things.. alignment is likely to be the
issue.. how much castor are you running.. adding more castor will help the
feel.. are you running toe in or toe out?
On 28 August 2010 23:57, <CoolVT@aol.com> wrote:
> I've made some changes over the past few years and haven't been satisfied
> with the handling. The 2 things that seem different are:
> Pretty bad understeer on curves at 40 mph+
> Car's tendency to want to follow ruts in the road.
> It seems that the 2 problems are contradictory.
>
> The things that I've changed from stock are:
> MG Midget steering rack
> Wheels that were high profile 185 x 13 are now 195 x 50 x16 (front) and
> 205 x 50 x16 (rear).
> Thicker sway bar on front (I think it's 7/8's")
> 1/2" thick shims above the front springs (to raise the front a little
> Softened the front shock adjustment because I thought it would be too hard
> with low profile tires.
> Done an allignment and that seems good.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Mark L
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