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DOES YOUR BACK WHEEL DRIFT ON TURNS?
Posted: June 11th, 2005, 3:14 am
by puraieru
Ok today, I noticed the rear of my car drifts when making turns to the RIGHT. This happens on mild curves and not at excessive speed. (A good avg speed would be 20-25/mph)
Now, when turning to the LEFT there is no drifting or any feel of "skidding". Silky smooth turns.
I havent looked into it yet since i just noticed it today but, Ideas?
My suspension sux?
Thanks in advance.
Posted: June 11th, 2005, 1:18 pm
by freyguy_412
Is your suspension modified? When I was riding stock height and ebrake slided around left turns, my friends always told me my rear tire would come off the ground. But then again, when I took the struts off to do my suspension, the struts wouldn't hold themselves up... my case was blown struts.
I always had a bit of oversteer, even after doing my springs. But I got a front strut bar and even still I get surprized by how much you can feel the a-- end of that car grab on a corner. I'll take on a little too fast, start thingin oh shizzle... then it feels like it dropped onto a rail and it just zips through the apex of the corner. God damn I love my MX-3!
Posted: June 12th, 2005, 1:45 am
by puraieru
its stock. thanks for the reply. anymore?
Posted: June 12th, 2005, 2:10 am
by dj inferno
buy new tires.. get nice directional ones.
Posted: June 15th, 2005, 12:48 am
by prototype
My rear struts are blown and my car's rear slides out from under me quite easily so I'm thinking that that is my problem... seems like it could be yours too.
Just push on the back of the car, if it bounces more than twice, something is messed up.. OR if it goes down and get's stuck then the strut is completely out of oil and is definitely in need of replacing. lol.
Posted: June 15th, 2005, 1:52 am
by yiorta
Or maybe you should check your tyre's pressure!
Posted: June 15th, 2005, 2:05 am
by Devilhog
I have stock everything on my car, never notice the back end wanting to slide at all except in winter
And I take corners pretty fast haha. Its mostly my front end giving away before the back end.
Posted: June 15th, 2005, 7:06 pm
by MX3-Freak
My back tires have only lost tractions once around a corner. . . but I was going about 55 on a series of hair-pins at 3 am. Would never drive like that when people are on the road.
Posted: June 21st, 2005, 11:00 pm
by Domnknpimp
this car does seem to oversteer a lot more than usual for a FWD vehicle. it feels almost like the e-brake is pulled when making sharp turns