Question about handling
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Melting Slicks
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From: NE OH
Question about handling
On a C5 without active handling, what's the best way to recover when the rear end decides to walk around while you are going straight? During a 1-2 shift the other day, the rear (with the good old EMT run-flats) decided to step out (I believe to the right). So I let off the gas and steered into the slide (to the right), this caused the rear to whip the other direction.
Any thoughts on how to handle this better? Well besides learning how to shift easier
Any thoughts on how to handle this better? Well besides learning how to shift easier
Race Director
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From: Haymarket VA
Find an empty parking lot or even better a supervised facility and learn how to drive. Not to be critical but if you are going to be driving hard you should know how the car reacts. In your example you didn't say what the conditions were ie: other cars, curbs, dog, cats, people, LE, etc. These cars will do a nice contolled slide or drift. You can steer with the throttle pretty easily.
Most importantly, you need to develp a strong sense of aftermath.
Most importantly, you need to develp a strong sense of aftermath.
Wil Cooksey #256
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From: Sacramento Kalifornia
Sounds to me like you over corrected, and when you let off the gas you loaded the front tires giving them more traction and unloaded the rears. This caused the car to become unbalanced and when the front tires grabbed the rear tried to follow but with the loss of traction, the rear just slid past the centerline. If you choose to drive without Active Handling you need to respect this car and its capabilities, any abrupt change like taking your foot off the gas completely can have disasterious side effects.
Another important thing is to steer where you want the car to go.
I saw a clip of a Vette caravan at some function at the NCM. These guys were driving thru the countryside and came to a stopsign. One guy turned off his AH and burned out, the rear started to stepout on him and he let off the gas. His rear whipped clear around on him and he went off the road, backwards, into a 6' ditch.
You might consider an Advanced Driving Course at a place like Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch.
Another important thing is to steer where you want the car to go.
I saw a clip of a Vette caravan at some function at the NCM. These guys were driving thru the countryside and came to a stopsign. One guy turned off his AH and burned out, the rear started to stepout on him and he let off the gas. His rear whipped clear around on him and he went off the road, backwards, into a 6' ditch.
You might consider an Advanced Driving Course at a place like Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch.
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Melting Slicks
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From: NE OH
Thanks for the comments. I don't think I have active handling, I have the pushbutton switch, but I think that's only traction control. Talking with a friend of mine who has done alot of competitive driving, he agreed with the previous post, that I probably should have stayed on the gas. I'll look around my area and see if there are any tracks available to practice on.
Drifting
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From: Havin' fun in Frederick, MD!!!
St. Jude Donor '05 '09
Originally Posted by muncie21
On a C5 without active handling, what's the best way to recover when the rear end decides to walk around while you are going straight? During a 1-2 shift the other day, the rear (with the good old EMT run-flats) decided to step out (I believe to the right). So I let off the gas and steered into the slide (to the right), this caused the rear to whip the other direction.
Any thoughts on how to handle this better? Well besides learning how to shift easier
Any thoughts on how to handle this better? Well besides learning how to shift easier
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: The second childhood is the best one of all.
Originally Posted by muncie21
Thanks for the comments. I don't think I have active handling, I have the pushbutton switch, but I think that's only traction control. Talking with a friend of mine who has done alot of competitive driving, he agreed with the previous post, that I probably should have stayed on the gas. I'll look around my area and see if there are any tracks available to practice on.
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