I would look into the questions others are asking first before you start
widening the car. Plus, how new are the tires? Is the car square? Is the
front end aligned, symmetrical? Is everything tight? Do you see anything
broken? Cracked welds?
A wider car isn't necessarily the answer. Our car is around 51-52" wide
and it works. But a wider car might work for you and your car. If you do
make it wider, make sure the bodywork fits the rules. But first I would
make other changes (like alignment, toe, etc...), a drastic change at a
time, and see what it does.
Our car used to spin very easily when we first got it. We went through and
adjusted everything and it got better. It still spun, but at a higher
limit. My dad then redid the rear geometry and suspension and the rear end
is now working better. I can still spin it, but it's a lot harder to do now.
Gary Kramar
'89 FM F500
At 03:50 PM 10/16/2006, you wrote:
The other thing about oversteer is to ask yourself when it's
happening. Corner entry.....mid corner...corner exit??
Power on oversteer? Oversteer under braking on turn in?
Absolutely everywhere.....?
We could best ask Les about that. 8-)
He co-drove the car with me on Sunday and just HOWLED at how bad it
handled. I was calling him the "helicopter pilot" near day's end. He was
muttering about someone putting grease all over the tires. 8-) Anyways, we
made few changes to suspension and got our times down a bit, but I
honestly can't say where the problem is. The thing is out of control so
quickly and so often that you can't keep track.
BTW, I did screw up on the measuring. I'll blame it on the "Chemo" Somehow
or other I was working with both metric and imperial measures in mind and
didn't calculate correctly. My front end is 53 inches and my back end is
52 inches. So, I have room to move these things out if it will improve
handling/grip. I think I'll try the back end since it looks very easy to
do, and because that is where I have the least grip.
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