tC's and Body Roll..
08-22-2009, 04:26 PM
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Just get some rear sway bars.
Increasing the stiffness of the rear sway bar is an effective way of freeing up the rear end. The bar will allow both sides of the rear suspension to support the outside rear wheel. On a FWD car, the leverage of the rear sway bar will frequently lift the inside rear wheel in the air. With only one rear wheel on the ground, sliding into a corner gets pretty easy.
Increasing the stiffness of the rear sway bar is an effective way of freeing up the rear end. The bar will allow both sides of the rear suspension to support the outside rear wheel. On a FWD car, the leverage of the rear sway bar will frequently lift the inside rear wheel in the air. With only one rear wheel on the ground, sliding into a corner gets pretty easy.
The sway actually acts to lift the inside rear wheel to keep the car flat. The wheel lift occurs when you really push the car and overcome that effect.. thus lifting an inside wheel. You will see this on an autox course a lot.. but most times not on the street.
08-22-2009, 04:29 PM
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Better yet.. people can just read here to get more info on suspension 
http://www.yoursciontc.com/forums/in...howtopic=26448
There is a lot more to know, but that covers a lot of what you typically worry about (or can actually change) on these cars.
http://www.yoursciontc.com/forums/in...howtopic=26448
There is a lot more to know, but that covers a lot of what you typically worry about (or can actually change) on these cars.
08-23-2009, 05:09 AM
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A couple of things. There is only one rear sway bar.. so it rear sway bar.. not bars
The sway actually acts to lift the inside rear wheel to keep the car flat. The wheel lift occurs when you really push the car and overcome that effect.. thus lifting an inside wheel. You will see this on an autox course a lot.. but most times not on the street.
The sway actually acts to lift the inside rear wheel to keep the car flat. The wheel lift occurs when you really push the car and overcome that effect.. thus lifting an inside wheel. You will see this on an autox course a lot.. but most times not on the street.
I was just repeating some tips from Import Tuner Tech article about suspension upgrades.
http://www.importtuner.com/tech/impp..._traction.html
08-23-2009, 07:17 AM
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Yes the body roll stock is sorta bad. Is it bad enough to where you should be spinning out on the street? No. You don't see people spinning out Camrys. Learn to drive (via Auto-X, or heck a driving Sim) or slow down.
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08-23-2009, 07:38 AM
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The body roll on the tC is not as bad as you guys make it seem..actually the tC does not have a significant amount of body roll to even complain about. Its just the matter on how you drive, simple as that.
08-23-2009, 05:45 PM
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Not a big fan of import tuner One big thing in that article that caught me was them saying you cant throttle steer a fwd, which is completely incorrect. You simply have different options in a FWD. They are less advantageous sometimes than what you can do with a RWD (which is why RWD is a superior platform for performance) but you use the throttle to put the car where you want it. Into fast approach, tight corners you throttle lift to shift more weight onto the front wheels. You can do the same thing slightly after turn in begins and get a late braking effect. When in mid corner, if the car begins to oversteer, you apply more throttle to balance it back out, using the front wheels to pull the car out of the slide.
One big thing in that article that caught me was them saying you cant throttle steer a fwd, which is completely incorrect. You simply have different options in a FWD. They are less advantageous sometimes than what you can do with a RWD (which is why RWD is a superior platform for performance) but you use the throttle to put the car where you want it. Into fast approach, tight corners you throttle lift to shift more weight onto the front wheels. You can do the same thing slightly after turn in begins and get a late braking effect. When in mid corner, if the car begins to oversteer, you apply more throttle to balance it back out, using the front wheels to pull the car out of the slide.
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