Handling; Car's rear feels disjointed from the front?
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Can't say I've noticed that with mine. Out of interest have you had the geometry and wheel alignment checked?
Yeah twice but still no difference, even my mate feels it but reckons its cause of the independent suspension? May polybush the rear and see if that helps?
I'd have a play around with the pressures personally, see what effect that has. Got mine at 32.5/29.5 at the mo.
lol how do you sad-acts get it in halves! 
FR is probably heavier engine than sport so maybe it doesnt look so flat but i used to have ppl come up to me saying my tyre was flat when i was running 32
FR is probably heavier engine than sport so maybe it doesnt look so flat but i used to have ppl come up to me saying my tyre was flat when i was running 32
lol how do you sad-acts get it in halves!
Lol. Digital tyre gauge. All the cool kids have them...
Lol. Digital tyre gauge. All the cool kids have them...
Jealousy gets you nowhere my friend
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my mate works for a sports car engineering company and gave me it, no complaints. Im 100% sure its nothing to do with tyre pressure as the back end feels like its wandering but will inflate them a little more and make sure I get it bang on 32.5 at the front and 29.5 at the rear...I like being a cool kid 
Im 100% sure its nothing to do with tyre pressure as the back end feels like its wandering but will inflate them a little more and make sure I get it bang on 32.5 at the front and 29.5 at the rear...I like being a cool kid
Have you just had new tyres fitted?
Jealousy gets you nowhere my friend
No jealousy here, I've got one! lol. We're the cool kids, Graham has to catch up...
If it's not tyres or tyre pressures causing the wandering then I guess it's suspension related. Did you not just get the front bushes etc sorted? Maybe the rears need doing like you say or there's some other issue going on.
No jealousy here, I've got one! lol. We're the cool kids, Graham has to catch up...
If it's not tyres or tyre pressures causing the wandering then I guess it's suspension related. Did you not just get the front bushes etc sorted? Maybe the rears need doing like you say or there's some other issue going on.
Haha so your a cool kid too
Its defo not suspension as iv checked the rear springs, it just feels like its turning a few seconds after the front. My mate thinks its because of the independant suspension? It may be me and coming from an evo that handled like it was on rails?? Whatever it is, it doesnt bring confidence going in to a corner.
Not 100% sure but I think the front is independent but the rear is multi-link??
Not driven an EVO so I have no basis for comparison but I guess they're pretty different.
Not driven an EVO so I have no basis for comparison but I guess they're pretty different.
Have you got front and rear the same height all round ?
One of the best things recommended by some guys I did track days with my Peugeot 106 series2 Rallye was to up the rear height 10 to 15mm above the front. It really transforms the handling in little lowered cars, the front seems to be so much more willing to turn in, so it might be worth a try on a slightly heavier car too ?
One of the best things recommended by some guys I did track days with my Peugeot 106 series2 Rallye was to up the rear height 10 to 15mm above the front. It really transforms the handling in little lowered cars, the front seems to be so much more willing to turn in, so it might be worth a try on a slightly heavier car too ?
Haha so your a cool kid too
Its defo not suspension as iv checked the rear springs, it just feels like its turning a few seconds after the front. My mate thinks its because of the independant suspension? It may be me and coming from an evo that handled like it was on rails?? Whatever it is, it doesnt bring confidence going in to a corner.
Myabe that's your problem....if you were used to pushing on in the Evo your Cupra will be struggling in the corners driven down a B road at similar speeds. Having said that I haven't noticed the 'disconnected' feel you describe in my Cupra....just the usual understeer if you're pushing on when the car wants to go straight on in a corner. The 4WD/AYC set-up on the Evo eliminates this characteristic unless you're going at speeds which are dangerously fast on public roads.
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