This is a good picture from the most recent Tar Heel Sports Car Club autocross. Lets analyze this one. I'd sure love my front drive car to be able to overteer in spite of that rather small amount of front end grip.




Edit: Full sized picture, not thumb-nail


[Modified by celica73, 1:40 PM 7/23/2002]

 

Was this the same autocross where MaddMatt got beat by a ricey Neon?

 

No suggestions necessary. That is what the car is supposed to be doing. Evidently you have never seen a 911 carry its inside front tire the entire way around T1 at VIR. A properly set up 911 will do that.

 

This is a good picture from the most recent Tar Heel Sports Car Club autocross. I'm really confused...is he asking to make the Porsche oversteer? If so, why is he calling it front wheel drive?

If he's asking for a different car why the pic of the Porsche?

I don't get it.

 

Scott drives a FWD Celica... I am thinking he wishes his car could do what Patrice's is doing.

 

r2x understands what I am saying.

My Celica (and I suspect very few honda's) have this magnificent ability (unless you drive in reverse of course).

I realize it's all in the weight distribution, but I particularly like the fact you can clearly see the steering correction, yet in spite of the fact ther eis only one front wheel on the ground, the car is still loose.

Scott

 

Ah, I see.

Well...you can't lift the front tires in a front engined car. I'm not sure if the drive wheels have as much to do with it as where the engine is.

But, front engined, front wheel drive cars like our Civics can lift the inside REAR wheel.





I actually saw this happen in person at my first auto-x. A guy was running a totally stock VW A1 GTI and doing this on nearly every turn. He was so smooth too. Crazy ****.

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Oy...okay okay.

Although, then my original guess may have been right. You guys that are talking about it have RWD cars.

So, has anyone lifted the front inside wheel of a front engined, front wheel drive car?

(I'm editing because I'm still a trial user and can't post more than 5 times. Argh.)


[Modified by Mojo-Jojo, 8:43 AM 7/23/2002]

 

Sure you can. I have done it in my father's Camaro. It doesn't happen often but it can still occur if you have enough swaybar. We have also lifted the inside rear tire on the same Camaro. Both incidents occurred when we were trying different swaybars.

 

I lift the front inside on my E30 M3. It happens on E36's too. Dunno about a setup E46.

Warren