cyrus Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 This weekend I attended a autox school and an autox event. I drove my car till the drag radials were bald. I competed against my friend NSX and anothers 2000 Z28. We had a great time. Times were 49.9sec Z28 47.9sec 240Z (me) 47.5sec NSX I almost took him but neither one of us had good tire all around. I had an instructor drove my 240Z a few times and even though I warned him about the turbos coming on, he had to experience it to believe me. But anyway, he drives an s2000 and could not believe how much steering effort it takes to turn the Z. My car weight 2600 with 56/44 f/r. I only have 195's and have stock knuckles and steering wheel. Can I dial back the caster to lessen the centering force. I am worried about running 245's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 I would try to approach the problem without dialing back caster... Z's don't really have enough to begin with. Is there any way you can shift some of the weight bias towards the rear? (battery relocation being the big thing that comes to mind) Your other options are limited, but I can't figure out why your steering effort would be so high with only 2600lbs, and stock steering components and only 195 tires! What front wheels are you using? (Size & offset?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Battle Pope Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 This weekend I attended a autox school and an autox event. I drove my car till the drag radials were bald. I competed against my friend NSX and anothers 2000 Z28. We had a great time. Times were 49.9sec Z28 47.9sec 240Z (me) 47.5sec NSX I almost took him but neither one of us had good tire all around. I had an instructor drove my 240Z a few times and even though I warned him about the turbos coming on' date=' he had to experience it to believe me. But anyway, he drives an s2000 and could not believe how much steering effort it takes to turn the Z. My car weight 2600 with 56/44 f/r. I only have 195's and have stock knuckles and steering wheel. Can I dial back the caster to lessen the centering force. I am worried about running 245's...[/quote'] Uh... the S2k has power steering. Does your car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrus Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 mine of course not. But the point being while rolling, effort seems to high... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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