Any suggestions on how to tighten up Steering feel ? Read as : Help my steering is too light !
07-13-2006, 07:39 AM
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Any suggestions on how to tighten up Steering feel ? Read as : Help my steering is too light !
After driving the B5 the C4 feels unnaturally featherlite, has anyone found a way to make the steering heavier ? I'd gotten used to it while the B5 was out, since the other car is a L-car
OR maybe read this another way: what could fail that would cause steering to be unnaturally light at any speeds ? If something has failed it must have already died when I got it or been very gradual because I didn't notice anything.
OR are UrS cars doomed to suffer "big-car" power-steering-feeling forever ?
Servotronic is disconnected, but this only really counts at high speeds.
OR maybe read this another way: what could fail that would cause steering to be unnaturally light at any speeds ? If something has failed it must have already died when I got it or been very gradual because I didn't notice anything.
OR are UrS cars doomed to suffer "big-car" power-steering-feeling forever ?
Servotronic is disconnected, but this only really counts at high speeds.
07-13-2006, 07:51 AM
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how wide are your tires?
with 255's and servotronic disabled steering feel is awesome on my car, nice and heavy.
maybe there is a short somewhere in the servotronic wiring that enables it even with the relay pulled? (guessing here..)
maybe there is a short somewhere in the servotronic wiring that enables it even with the relay pulled? (guessing here..)
07-13-2006, 08:21 AM
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and how is your alignment?
if you camber is off, it can cause much lighter steering feel at speed. my car with 255s and H&R sport/bilstein sport has nice heavy steering feel, but it felt way lighter when the camber was off.
07-13-2006, 09:48 AM
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Just had it done (after fitting H&R lowering springs & Konis) didn't help. Actually now that
I think about it - it did seem slightly worse after suspension work.
Which type of Camber : +Camber (bottom of wheel closer) or -Camber (bottom of wheel further apart) makes steering lighter ?
<img src="http://theserviceadvisor.com/camber.JPG">
Which type of Camber : +Camber (bottom of wheel closer) or -Camber (bottom of wheel further apart) makes steering lighter ?
<img src="http://theserviceadvisor.com/camber.JPG">
07-13-2006, 09:58 AM
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both extreme positive and extreme negative camber will cause lighter steering...
...because in either situation, you have less than the full width of the tire touching the ground (or bearing weight). with either type, turn-in feel will be light, until the weight of the car shifts and changes the load placed on the tires.
with pos camber, it'll corner very weird, and you'll see marks on the sidewall of the tire from it touching the ground during hard cornering.
with negative camber, the full tread width will be applied to the ground under full cornering load, and only a small amound of tread will be applied when driving in a straight line - resulting in both better cornering grip and reduced drag on the straight. racers favor extreme neg camber, but on the street it's advisable to only run -1^ or so, unless you have investments in a tire conglomerate.
with pos camber, it'll corner very weird, and you'll see marks on the sidewall of the tire from it touching the ground during hard cornering.
with negative camber, the full tread width will be applied to the ground under full cornering load, and only a small amound of tread will be applied when driving in a straight line - resulting in both better cornering grip and reduced drag on the straight. racers favor extreme neg camber, but on the street it's advisable to only run -1^ or so, unless you have investments in a tire conglomerate.
