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[growler_south]

I found it! the mysterious point at which the MR2 switches from mild understeer to remarkable oversteer. And when I say 'switches' I mean 'like a lightbulb'. One moment you're zipping around a tight motorway onramp with the front pushing a little wide, the next you're a passenger on a wild fun-fair ride, trying to think fast enough to prevent the back wheels from overtaking the front. Thank god for quick steering and plenty of practice with the throttle over the last week. And wide onramps.

Lets not do that again.

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[droo3556.livejournal.com]

you want traction now?? lol A cheap set of nankangs will be firm enough to progressively loose control and being a hard compound, wont flick up gravel on to your undercarriage as easily as a soft compound would AND, will last a fair bit longer than the a soft compound tyre with the driving style i'm guessing you want! Being a hard compound it'll also be much easier to slide in the wet too. I'm also guessing you'll need a bit of time to really familiarise yourself with practicing that little nudge on the steering wheel just before you go sideways too. Its right, you saying that the car's low, and a short wheel base doenst help as easily in this case, but the lightness of the car will help with a lack of traction when you catch it offguard at the right point. All this means is that, for now, find a wide open car park to practice on. I'm betting with the uneven lateral weight distribution in the rear, you'll be able to drift it much easier turning in to the right, (engines on the right, gb on the left) and have a more flighty time doing it left turn. either case, have fun! + consider a phantom-grip lsd!