Handling was [Shotimes] RE: supercharging

[Steve Tatro]

And, the ATX's will all understeer just a bit more than a comparably
sway-barred MTX due to the increased weight in the front, no?  

That's the best I can figure it.

Steve Tatro
Red/Black '93 with 165k miles
Cincinnati, Ohio



-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:43 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Handling was [Shotimes] RE: supercharging


> Yes, the ATX SHO and SLO will have slight understeer with the 24/26 
> combo. That's different than a MTX SHO. Put a 22/26 combo in a street 
> driven ATX and sooner or later you'll end up backing into a ditch.

I strenuously disagree with you on this.

22/26 is still a slight-understeer combination on an MTX car, and in a 
non-Quaife application more power=more understeer no matter what kind of

Taurus you're driving.  The only way you'd ever get that combination to 
oversteer is a BIG lift-throttle situation (dive into a corner 
full-throttle and lift completely off the gas.)  And in that scenario
the 
24/26 combo will behave fairly similarly.  Moreover, 22/26 rides better
- 
less neck-whip over one-wheel bumps.

> Autocross or track events may benefit with oversteer, but I don't want

> that on my street driven FWD cars.

I agree about a general preference for a little understeer.  22/26 is a 
little understeer.  24/26 is HUGE understeer in any Taurus unless you've

got a Quaife.

Autocrossers run 19/26.

The best performance combo in an open-diff FWD car is very stiff front 
springs and no anti-roll bar.  All roll stiffness from springs and 
left/right wheels completely decoupled.  Ride goes to hell, though.

John.
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