Handling and some other ramblings.

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

Can you be more specific about how your car handles in comparison?
For instance does your car understeer more or less?
How does it handle bumps in comparison?
Steering response?
Difference in drop throttle oversteer?
If you can pinpoint the differences maybe we can help a little more.
Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Pelletier" <vwnuts@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:16 PM
Subject: Handling and some other ramblings.


> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have a 1980 scirocco that has some pretty extensive
> suspension mods and have some questions about getting
> MKI's to hanlde better.  
> 
> What started this is over the weekend my friend needed
> a truck so I loaned him my 4runner and he in turn
> loanded me his 1985 gti with a vr-6.  (what a deal
> eh?)  Its pretty much gutted and he has bilstein w
> ground control (eibach) springs 400# front 300# rears
> with the MKIII "plus" suspension, and stock vr-6
> 15x6.5" wheels.  I was very impressed with the
> suspension despite what everyone says about vr6's
> being understeering pigs, I did not find this to be
> true at all.  I am actually kind of embarassed by how
> badly my mki handles in comparison. 
> 
> I have h&r coil overs (no idea what the spring rate is
> on these.) suspension techniques rear swaybar, no
> front bar, poly bushings up front 16x7" rims with toyo
> proxies t1s and find the handling just medoicre.  Am I
> doing something wrong here, or is the MKII suspension
> just that much better?  I found I was able to take
> corners faster with far less drama than I do in my
> rocco.  (I am not talking about all out acceleration
> here.)  Maybe I can't drive, or I've been driving a
> bloated SUV for too long, please don't flame me, I am
> just looking for info/opinions about what I am doing
> wrong here.  In the rocco's defense the coilovers are
> probably set a little too low, but I didn't think it
> would make that big of a difference. 
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> 
> 
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