"yitznewton" (yitznewton)
10/15/2015 at 09:42 • Filed to: handling, front wheel drive
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"yitznewton" (yitznewton)
10/15/2015 at 09:42 • Filed to: handling, front wheel drive | 0
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Woo hoo! I’ve been !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and for the first time, I managed to induce lift-off oversteer in my stock Mk4 Jetta today.
This week, I’ve been much more aggressive on the throttle and brakes mid-corner. I realized that I’ve been overly careful because of all the Porsche 911 and S2000 horror stories I’ve heard — but this car is not one of those. I don’t recall exactly what I did today to get this result, but I do see that I jabbed the throttle before lifting, and I had a fairly aggressive steering input.
vicali
> yitznewton
10/15/2015 at 11:55 |
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In my mk3 Jetta I had a cupkit and rsb, it would push in corners if you were going in too fast, but any throttle lift at all would bring the back around and tighten your turn.
vw’s do like to lift tires though;
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yitznewton
> vicali
10/15/2015 at 12:40 |
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From what I’ve heard, the Mk4 lost some chassis sensitivity/balance from the Mk3. If I were committed to keeping the car, the RSB would be the very first thing I would do.
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vicali
> yitznewton
10/15/2015 at 12:49 |
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mk3 were called ‘semi-independant rear suspension’ but they were twist beam;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist-bea…
and the RSB I had just reinforced that C shape. It made a big difference in handling, but lowered the ground clearance on an already lowered car. Plus it made winter driving nearly impossible - super squirrelly rear end on snow covered roads...