STi Power delivery Problems
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:09 pm
Hey guys sorry I havent been around but ive been busy as hell and out of town allot. Anyway I know allot of Sti guys/girls here so I had a few ?'s
The biggest problem is that when a rear tyre is of the ground and I give it throttle it transfers the power to that tyre. Result is it doesnt accelerate till that tyre hits the ground again. Now this is in a constant cornering scenario, its not an abrupts lifting of the tyre caused by bumps. Ill show you pics soon of what I mean. Now we messed with the diff settings and it looks liked a locked Diff works the best but still sucks. We are on 1000lb springs which is part of the problem. I doubt any of you have had this problem but I thought id try and see if u have. In fact my co-driver hasnt had the problem either so I am thinking its a product of my driving style. I get on the gas absurdly early in awd cars to let the car power out of the corner as opposed to most who let the car set and corner before application of throttle. As a result I am over a second slower a lap caiuse of this. I can change my style but I find this anomoloy strange since the WRX had wheels off the ground and never had this happen.
Im assuming we just have to get all wheels planted to solve this which reduces the roll stifness alot which sucks. Anyway let me know if anyones had this prob or suggestions cause we have the Nation Championships in 2 weeks and we need to fix this asap.
Later
The biggest problem is that when a rear tyre is of the ground and I give it throttle it transfers the power to that tyre. Result is it doesnt accelerate till that tyre hits the ground again. Now this is in a constant cornering scenario, its not an abrupts lifting of the tyre caused by bumps. Ill show you pics soon of what I mean. Now we messed with the diff settings and it looks liked a locked Diff works the best but still sucks. We are on 1000lb springs which is part of the problem. I doubt any of you have had this problem but I thought id try and see if u have. In fact my co-driver hasnt had the problem either so I am thinking its a product of my driving style. I get on the gas absurdly early in awd cars to let the car power out of the corner as opposed to most who let the car set and corner before application of throttle. As a result I am over a second slower a lap caiuse of this. I can change my style but I find this anomoloy strange since the WRX had wheels off the ground and never had this happen.
Im assuming we just have to get all wheels planted to solve this which reduces the roll stifness alot which sucks. Anyway let me know if anyones had this prob or suggestions cause we have the Nation Championships in 2 weeks and we need to fix this asap.
Later