NotoriousREV

They were on the car when I bought it, officer

Plantie

OK this is how I do it.... think of it what you will but it works for me...

Roaring along down a straight... 80 degree right-hand bend coming
Line myself as far left as I can (Still hurling down at the moment )
Coming up to corner... Begin braking realy hard giving myself time to reduce breaking pressure before the turn (to re-gain stability - this all happens realy quick BTW!) appropriate gear is selected at this time too! (look for a gear within the power band - as low as possible)
Turn in later than the a normal 2wd cars racing line... and then whilst gentle touching the accelerator (to maintain the speed I have just got down too) turn in quite hard.
Eyes now watching the exit.....
Soon as I feel the intial 50-60 of the turn has been achieved (hopefully apex hit!) I power out of the corner, generally the car will have a small amount of understeer... To compensate I will be winding the lock of gently (dont try this at home! - unless you do it regularly it is worth trying this on a track for the 1st time!) and then of we go again!!

Hopefully anyone behind is now even further behind!

NOW this works for ME!!! And for those people who have been out on track with me will know it is effective....

Is it the optimum way to do it??? NO idea!! just works for me!

rjh

I had my geometry set by TSL - it made a massive difference to the way I handled it, only wish I'd had it done sooner. Before all I could get it to do was understeer - no fun at all.

I'm no expert but if definitely feels more settled under power.

Richard

NeilT

I spent the day with a Police Class 1 driving instructor (for Thames Valley Police) and cornering was one of the main points covered.

Basically if going round a right hand bend stay as close to the left hand kerb as possible, and if a left hand bend then stay as close to the centre white line as possible (Police are apparently taught to use other side of the carriageway). The theory being the greater the radius of the bend the faster you can travel - i.e. you can go round a large roundabout far faster than a small one.

As you come into a corner keep your eyes up (i.e. dont look at the road) and look at the focus point of the corner, as you approach the focal point comes towards you so off the gas, as the focal point starts moving away on the gas.

Basically this is a very different syle of driving than I've been used to doing and for the morning at least I made a complete hash of it

However, by the end of the day I was gradually getting the hang of it and we were takeing corners in the Scoob much faster and with less roll I still try and use this style now.

If anyone wants info of the course drop me a mail.

Neil
www.scoobyworld.co.uk

hoonunit

Only ever felt the diffs working twice. Once was due to total stupidity over a humpack bridge where there was a tight s-bend immediately after it that you only saw the exit of from in front of the bridge and so looked straight. The other was due to experimentation with left foot braking which worked well and was lots of fun.

Have to say though it felt wierd and i'm not sure if i like not knowing where the limit is as it seems to depend on how much the 4WD hardware will sort out for you in those particular circumstances.

Dan B

Fit leda suspension and an anti lift kit.....

The only handling problem I have (that truely worries me, so far) is power understeer, which is understandable because I can feel the front of the car lift under heavy acceleration, hence the need for an anti lift kit..

MarkCSC

SDB and his new car