DeTomaso Mailing List: June 99, Message #234

On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Bill Welter wrote:
> Brent was asking about changing the front suspension. Has anybody
> moved the pivot point for the lower rear suspension A-arms down a
> little, to help the trailing throttle oversteer problem. Seems that if
> the pivot were moved down, and you went into a corner, it would tend
> to not pick up the rear end when you let off the gas or put on the
> brakes.
> 
> My Datsun 240Z has the same problem, and I've been thinking about it
> since I scared the s%$t out of myself cornering hard, then letting off
> the gas. 

Every car does it (some less, some more).  It's a result of weight transfer
from the rear to the front.  My 928 has a pretty complicated rear suspension
designed to minimize that (and other behaviors) by dynamically changing the
rear toe... but it still does it some.

It's like that age-old doctor joke:

	Patient: It hurts when I do this!

	Doctor: Don't do that.

-Andy
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