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Thu, 10/30/2003 - 02:34
I am wondering how worth while the susupension upgrade is. I have a stage II motor and body kit, and while it handles good on some surfaces, the quick reaction of the steering causes it to spin out when cut sharply, I am also thinking that all wheel drive will help to solve this. Any ideas?
Nissan Skyline
Stage II motor
Body kit
Tires
NiMH batteries and charger
Wed, 11/26/2003 - 16:36
#2
Re: what to do
xmodster wrote:
I am wondering how worth while the susupension upgrade is. I have a stage II motor and body kit, and while it handles good on some surfaces, the quick reaction of the steering causes it to spin out when cut sharply, I am also thinking that all wheel drive will help to solve this. Any ideas?
From my experience, it sounds like you need to learn to drive the car in it's present stage of tune. Not trying to offend, but with time, you learn to "drift" the car and use the "loose" rear end to turn the car. Try slowing down both the sterring and/or throttle.
Play with each setting, together or independantly. I know that my friends supra is actually easier to drive than my rsx. I can drift his car very easily, where my car tends to "stick" better, but is more difficult/techical to drive. I prefer the former, especially since the turning radius is poor on the XM's.
Due to this, I'm having to get better at driving my car, so that I can beat him. Also, note that by doing this you will be a better driver, and adapt to any car you drive. Proven that each car has it's own "personality".
My "quote" fingers are tired, I'll stop "ranting"... 8)
Fri, 10/31/2003 - 05:48
#3
Re: what to do
ok, so after going from stock to current mods, I would say that the AWD kit makes the biggest difference... the only problem that I have noticed with mine however is the steering... when I turn my car on, it defaults to one click left of center... so when I take turns, one direction (probably left) turns easier, where as I have to almost drift to take sharper right turns... I do know that I can realign the servo, but I have not taken the time to attempt to figure that out :(
Fri, 10/31/2003 - 04:24
#4
Re: what to do
I was driving my supra in my apartment's repainted concrete laundry room and I was having the same problem... So I went out and got the AWD kit, but shifted the batteries forward to hopefully create better steering, I am about to take it down there to test and see if the tire upgrade needs to go on.
Thu, 10/30/2003 - 14:05
#5
Re: what to do
The toe-in steering plate from the suspension kit may help. If you're giving it throttle when it spins, the AWD kit would probably fix that. If it spins even with you off the throttle, you might want to check out the tire kit. Could be you need more traction in the rear. Also try shifting the batteries to the rear for more weight on the rear tires.
Turning raidus can be easily changed the narrow black dial on the controller determines how far the wheels turn, So all the way to the left wide, loose turns, all the way to the right tight sharp turns ( believe it or not I found that out right from the instruction manual.
And im still playing with the drift ( i realy dont have a big area at the moment to drive ) and with the 4.5 tie, soft in front, hard in rear, with the batteries mounted in the furthest back position I can get my car to pull 180's no problem (which is a bad thing) ( i set the car to the oversteer settings from the mag that came with the car ) Like I said im still playing with the drift so my settings may change when I get a big enough area to drive.
But like it was posted on here earlier its all driver, some settings may be good for one person and not another, specially for a drift, just like in real life, ITS ALL DRIVER!