Re: MkII Wide Body Kits/8" wheels??Oversteer

["I.Mannix" <mannix@privatei.com>]

>
>Normally, id say, "YA, go race it, you CANT hurt the car on the Autox
>course"!
>That was until the last time we had a saturday practice / sunday race. I cant
>recall the guys name, he has a blue Scirocco with the 16V body kit. (RD
>motor)
>Anyway, somehow he got sideways through a slalom section where they used
>these
>HUGE cones.

What the hell was the course designer thinking?  Those big cones are death.


>I think a Scirocco (A-1, whathaveyou) can be setup to oversteer. (slip)

Sure.  Mine does.  It is downright scary on the snowtires, managable on
street/race tires.  I doubt my car is much different than most Sciroccos
WRT oversteer inducing modifications, and I doubt too many people will
follow the same path I did (2 swaybars, stiffer than hell springs).  Mine
is controllable, but not after it lets go - in for a ride if you make a
mistake.  Trust me;).  Kevin has seen it flat track world of outlaws dnfing
everywhere....pretty funny, really, but not fast!  It took me a long time
to get it to where it does oversteer predicatably, lots of trial and error.
It is quite nice now:).

A good
>example of this is the Pottermans Scirocco. It oversteers like a mad dog
>if you
>set it up to that extreme. (it can and has been done in his car.) The problem
>is, its not controlable! This is the contributing factor to having "usable
>oversteer", or Scary-as-shit-oh-my-gawd-werent-we-just-comming-from-there",
>oversteer. Thats the difference alrighty!
>

And a difference it is - if you are driving tentatively because the car is
about to step sideways, you'll be slow. Mine, currently, you have to keep
in mind that if it goes, it is gone, but you can still be aggressive in it.
Gotta get to bed, event tomorrow, and it is going to be COLD!  Uggh.  Can't
wait for 10am, 25 degrees will feel balmy.....


Mannix






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