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Adam-D
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   25th Apr 03 at 17:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

are corsa's (standard suspension and wheels) tail happy when pushed or in slippy conditions??

i came home form work and had left me keys there so i went back it was raining a bit so i slowed down for the tun into my works car park next thing the back end steps out big time!
i tried to catch it
not a chance
i ended up sideways in the middle of the road i had stalled it and had missed another corsa by about 5 feet!

s**t!

so are corsa's tail happy in dogy conditions?

scared the shit outta me!
Nismo
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25th Apr 03 at 17:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

ive lowered mine but mine is really bad on the back end lost it on a few corners in the wet.
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25th Apr 03 at 17:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

are your tyre pressures ok, tyre tread. are your shocks worn. these can contribute to being skippy on corners
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25th Apr 03 at 17:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

tyres are michelins suspension is fine "i think" tyres are all in good nick thou the rear right looks older than the rest and it stepped out that side??

what should the pressures be? i think its around 2.1 bar
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25th Apr 03 at 17:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

also if you brake hard while turbing weight will be shifted to the front of the car making the back light and so it will swing round.
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25th Apr 03 at 17:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

er i was braking into the bend.

will a older tyre cause it to step out? becuse it has loadsa tread on it but looks older has different markings but its of same make and type of the rest its stepped out before and i thought it was my rear brakes or bias valve they are fine
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25th Apr 03 at 17:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

less tread means less water clearing ability. also with the wieth over the front then the weight on the back tyre will be less.
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25th Apr 03 at 17:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

its got same tread as others i think just older the other look new this one has them little cracks in the sidewall u know whena tyre is old
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25th Apr 03 at 17:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

My Punto is tail happy no matter the conditions.
Adam-D
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25th Apr 03 at 18:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

its not nice is it???
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25th Apr 03 at 18:12   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Never lost the backend really... tends to slide sideways instead...

[Edited on 25-04-2003 by Tim]
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25th Apr 03 at 18:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i ended up sideways.
i wasnt going that fast 20-25mph
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25th Apr 03 at 18:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

more grip at the front. I have slide most of my cars in the wet. easy to do when you know how
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25th Apr 03 at 18:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yeah handbrake
Adam_B
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25th Apr 03 at 18:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Its called lift off oversteer, good fun when u learn to control it but pretty much all front engined cars can suffer from it.
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25th Apr 03 at 18:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

My mates Corsa steps out with only mild provocation although mine was never like that.
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25th Apr 03 at 18:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Spun many a time in D4 in the wet pushing to hard and to fast. U learn to slow down though.

Shite tyres + White lines + wet = round and round
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25th Apr 03 at 18:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

hmm any one got £200 so i can tyres for my alloy's
i want them on now!
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25th Apr 03 at 18:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
My mates Corsa steps out with only mild provocation although mine was never like that.


LMFAO, ha ha ha ha say Mr Drift Man Ian himself

Difference between me and Ian is that his slides are controlled

U need a rwd motor and to become part of the drift club mate!
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25th Apr 03 at 18:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i would like to
cant afford it i want a supra.
or a nissan ***ns sx xz whatevr 100 or 200 sx dont know cant remember.
Adam-D
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25th Apr 03 at 18:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

thing is the gardener had been in hiz big tractor gras cutter and left graas all down the road in, around where i spun
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25th Apr 03 at 18:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I was on about Ian Hes the Corsasport Drift/J Turn kind.

He is also a good teacher of teh J turn. Also handbrake parking into parked cars (that look like cones).

Adam, ur on about either

Nissan 200sx
Nissan 300ZX
Toyota Poopra

I want the S15 Nissan now. Mmmmmmmmmmmm, only imports, rare are rocking horse poop too
Adam-D
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25th Apr 03 at 18:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i think its the 200sx
ill have a look in my big book or cars called parkers
Adam-D
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25th Apr 03 at 18:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i also like the mx 5
what drive is this? doesnt say
Adam_B
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25th Apr 03 at 18:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

mx 5 is a hairdressers car. Are u a hairdresser ?

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