Quick question. Whats the overall handling balance? Understeer, oversteer or neutral?

Frosty who prefers oversteer when driving at 7/10's-9/10's

 

I have AGX and comptech springs and with shocks at 3/3 driving at 7-9/10's the car will still oversteer. It's a nice set-up for daily aggressive driving but if you plan to track or autocross I would suggest custom rate GC. I have a ITR 22mm rear sway and plan to run shocks at 3/4 this year and see what it does. Hope this helps some.

 

Was this with the ITR sway bar? Also are you talking about lift-throttle oversteer or on-power oversteer (which I think is unlikely but I'll ask anyway)?


[Modified by FrostyDC4, 8:42 PM 4/2/2003]

 

TTT

 

My friend had Prokit/Koni Yellows on a 96 SE. His setup handled well, but never oversteered. He also had stock swaybars.

-HTH


[Modified by WiggiE, 6:31 PM 4/3/2003]

 

on the softest setting the car tends to oversteer. But the stiffer you go the harder it is to make the car oversteer. My setup: Pro kit
KYB AGX
ITR Sway Bar
205/50/15 tires

 

I have the prokit/KYB AGX and am satisfied with the setup. I run the shocks at 2/2 and it seems to be an acceptable tradeoff for the street (I don't autocross). Ride is not too stiff, yet body roll is reduced and the overall feels like it could be a factory option (ie, feels like an OEM install). The car will still understeer with this setup, however. Only by adding the Type-R rear swaybar did the handling become truly neutral. In fact, the rear end in fact can come around on you if you're not careful in extreme cornering.

FWIW i'm also running Dunlop SP5000 at 205/50/15. I never did an alignment after doing the install but tire wear is still even and long lasting.

One thing i've always been annoyed about is a slight suspension noise in the left front area with this setup. I would characterize it as a *slight* thumping/clunking/rattling noise over washboard-type bumps. I put the springs on at about 10k miles and now have 60k and the noise has persisted. I have no idea what it could be (bad install, faulty shock or spring, etc).

Hope this helps!

 

I have on my car right now Comptech Springs with KYB AGX's. I love the ride. Kinda feels like stock. I have the shocks on 2f 2r I'm selling my springs actually becasue I just bought Ground Controls so if anybody wants springs let me know.

 

Cool. Thanks for the replies

Frosty who still thinks that understeer is for wussies that cant drive

 

I don't know what I was thinking this afternoon. What I meant to say is with the shocks set at 3/3 with the ITR sway bar the car still understeers. So this year I plan on trying the 3/4, 4 in the rear as I'm also trying to achieve alittle oversteer at the limit. Sorry for the confusion.