240_420
October 19, 2007, 6:54am
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well i did take a ride on someone’s car around the track, my problem wasnt the track but my car, i was struggling to control it.
well althought the shocks were tokico hp (i think they were hp, they are blue) the srpings were to soft, the car rolled alot, the whiteline swaybars were sorta saving my ass.
well i was trying to keep up with everyone else on the track at the beggining which i understood it was useless cause well due to my soft suspension if i hit the gas to hard on exiting the corners, to much weight would go to the rear causing it to sorta swing like an mr2, and when i was entering the corners i couldnt press the brakes to hard or all weight would be shifted to the front and my light rear would swing on me + a great chance of the lsd locking on me causing a brake drift (which i accidentaly caused 2 and was able to recover) , that ae86 has a temper…since i never pushed it hard i guess i really didnt know its potential, it was a big trial and error, alot of understeer sometimes for braking to long trying to keep the rear stable while feeling it hopping from the lsd acting on me.
well i guess i should invest on a proper suspension for the track, been thinking on tokico 42 way adjustible coilovers with TRD springs 8kg for front and 6 kg at rear, should make the car more stable on the corners, that or i sell my ae86 and get something else.
well its my 1st car and im new to track and a nweb at tuning, just figuring things out by trying and reading.
so i figured braking earlier and longer helps,there are 2 turns on dunville that dont require braking, just letting of the gas which made me catch up to the car in front of me, hitting the gas earlier+slower helps the car stay stable, oo and i need to start trying heel and toe, the rpms didnt really fall of the power band but sometimes i felt the lag.
I was in the same boat as you. (i was the flat black rx7 fc)
The ae86 is definetly on the the list of harder cars to drive, and starting out on one is more of a challenge. The upside to this is that once you master the 86, you can drive any rear wheel car.
P.S want a 4agze drivetrain?
