Handling was [Shotimes] RE: supercharging

[James F. Ryan III]

Don, thank you for changing the Subject line.

At least somebody was paying attention.


Jim Ryan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
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> On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:23 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Handling was [Shotimes] RE: supercharging
> 
> All this about over/under steer is pretty simple.  Different
> drivers can make the car do different things.
> 
> When it comes to suspensions, the rules are also pretty much
> the same RWD or FWD.  any thing you make stiffer or firmer
> (shocks, springs, bushings) will ADD understeer.
> 
> Make something softer, you ADD oversteer.
> 
> Tires work the opposite up to a point.  More air makes the
> tire stick better, less air makes it slide more.
> 
> going by stock settings any FWD, and almost ALL RWD cars
> will understeer.  That is the way they are set at the
> factory by the lawyers.  Understeer is safer than oversteer.
> 
> Want to make a FWD SHO oversteer?  pump the front tires to
> 45 psi and drop the rears to 30.  Then let off the gas in a
> hard corner or tap the brakes, or just overcook it.
> 
> Want to make any car understeer?  REALLY overcook a corner
> and then yank the steering wheel.
> 
> Some people just have never set up or driven their SHO a
> certain way so they think it is an understeering pig.  Yes
> it can be, but it need not be.
> 
> The car handles VERY WELL, even compared to a LOT of RWD
> cars.  Compared to most FWD, it is great.
> 
> But if all you think and want is an understeering pig, then
> your SHO will be that.
> 
> Go to a driving school, and take your SHO.  Let a really
> good driver get in it and maybe tweak the tire pressure and
> you will be amazed at what the car can do.
> 
> I have riden with and driven with enough pro drivers in my
> SHO to know that they are impressed.  And these people would
> have told me if they thought the car was a pig.  I trust
> their opinion a lot more than someone that already seems to
> hate his SHO or not respect it.
> 
> Don Mallinson
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