For all with tracking experiences

[lovesil]

Hi all,

As i'm new to FWD, i would like to know how do you guys normally trackle the corners. I mean for RWD, when trying to trackle a "right hand side" corner, we always stick to the most left before turning. A fast in fast out approach. What about FWD?

And what about the suspension setup? My silvia used to have 8k front 6k rear, which meant stiffer in the front. Does fwd has opposite requirements like stiffer at the rear??

Any help will be great.

Thanks,
Ryan

[freakygeek]

Hi all,

As i'm new to FWD, i would like to know how do you guys normally trackle the corners. I mean for RWD, when trying to trackle a "right hand side" corner, we always stick to the most left before turning. A fast in fast out approach. What about FWD?

I think getting the car set up for the corner correctly is very important. Making the car turn-in, or rotate, is the key here I feel. Once the rear of the car is turning it allows you to start getting the power down again and driving out of the corner. Different people use different techniques... personally I like to brake as I turn deep into the corner so that the rear of the car begins to get lighter and turn more readily, then accelerate out.

Others may use different methods of course, and it also depends on the corner. I wouldn't use the above method on a downhill off-camber corner for instance, as you'll probably end up in a ditch.

And what about the suspension setup? My silvia used to have 8k front 6k rear, which meant stiffer in the front. Does fwd has opposite requirements like stiffer at the rear??

Depends on the car you're talking about. DC5R suspension setups usually run a higher spring rate at the rear than at the front. DC2R run higher front spring rates than the rear. It's all to do with the suspension configuration, you can't really compare just on the spring rate when there are totally different suspension setups in question.

[00dc2]

front still stiffer than the rear
break lateish into the corner and use trail breaking (start turn while still breaking) to get better turn in as the weight transfers to the front and this makes the rear light which helps it come around.

but there are much bigger track whores still to post.... wont be long

[tinkerbell]

http://www.turnfast.com/

i hope that helps, as your question/s are not terribly clear...