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- From: jleung@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (A St. Xavier alum)
- Subject: fwd handling
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:20:31 GMT
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- Given all this current hooplah over the handling of various fwd cars
- (Subaru Legacy, Acura Integra, Honda Civic, VW Sirrocco), I feel
- compelled to ask a question that has been bugging me for some time.
- Two years ago, when I turned 16, i bought a new car, a Mazda Protege LX.
- (It was the best new car i could afford...My parents wouldnt let me
- buy a used car)
- One day I did the following-> I was coming off a freeway ramp at a ridiculously
- high speed, and the car strated to understeer, and it looked like i was going
- to plow right into the grass. Therefore, being a novice driver, like I was
- (and still probably am) I stamped on the brakes. Guess What. I spun out.
- Intrigued by this, I have take the car at the limits of adhesion, and have
- found that when I am going very fast in a corner, the rear likes to do a
- little side step on me, feigning a spin. Because of this, I have been
- afraid to take the car any faster. I have read in Car and Driver that
- something with the twin trapezoidal link rear suspension and big loads
- on the rear cause it to change toe and do some passive rear steer cause
- this rear sidestep. Note that the escort gt (ford) has the same chassis.
- THis is a fwd car. My question is this: How do I drive this car in a corner?
- What does 1) stamping the brakes 2) backing off the throttle 3) giving it
- more throttle 4) Other things do when i am taking a fast corner?
- thanks.
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