XT130arms effects on handling??

[slidn70]

Hi everyone, I fitted Xt130 arms into my ke70.

Atm my setup is :
complete ae86 struts,disc,calipers
ke70 springs
Kyb inserts
86/ke70 tie rods
Xt130 arms with new poly bushes.

Since installing them, my car has gained a fair amount of track and noticible camber



I have yet to get a professional wheel allignment, (which may be the problem totally)

I have found that mid corner on a fast entry the car oversteers big time! I have taken two quick corners top of 2nd gear in the dry and just spun the car out. With the original t18/ae86 lower arm's i was running before it would have stuck those corner's easily.

Since the front track has increased so much should i increase the rear track to counter-act it? Or is it just my car!?


Post up your results. What differences did longer LCA's do to your handling?

[johnny_08]

try driving slower, it aint a race car because of new arms

[damo101]

umm i put ra40 arms n knuckles in last year..i think they are same length as xt 130

i got alot more bump steer ever since..but i guess they are coz of my stuffed shocks..but then i never got bump steer before i put them in and my shocks were already stuffed then..

handling wise..got more steering response..the oversteer/understeer kinda stayed the same..didnt notice much diff

dats on a sprinter..got 2 deg neg camber out of it..coz it was standard height

[beerhead]

I've got corona arms and really like them, your camber looks like it has more ... wtf. Just do a trusty tape measure wheel alignment, use matching tread patterns on each wheel. You're gonna have major toe out issues if you haven't corrected the wheel alignment.

[beerhead]

Unless you put RA40 strut tubes in a stut bender, the stub axel angle will be out, kills handling and an AE86 -KE70 -AE71

[damo101]

i just have the standard ae86 struts atm

[Gilly]

corona's or sigmas?

look like sigmas that camber increase is pretty drastic

[Hen is a total nutcase]

I just put Corona arms in a stock sprinter and came out with 1.5deg neg camber. Not nearly as much as that photo shows.

But my first point should be GET A PROPER WHEEL ALIGNMENT. The single best thing you can do to improve the handling of a car after changing any steering/suspension bits.

Also I believe RA40 struts don't screw with camber, only *A6* (and XT130) struts do that.

Hen

[slidn70]

I always drive car's hard around the corners + i have to keep the corner speed up with the 4kc. cant afford to loose momentum!

I will get a wheel allignment and see what happens afterwards.

These are the arm's i put in. (new ones are the xt130,old looking ones are t18) I pulled them out of a self serve wreckers and the I.D plate said xt130, so i assume they're right?



I was sort of expecting a few more people to say that "yes, longer LCA's with enduce oversteer" because most of the people want them to help drift their cars on this site. I was mostly wanting it to increase my corner speed/handing because i'm not building a dedicated drift car, I want an all rounder. (Street/circuit/fun skid car).

I have noticed that the steering is lighter which is nice.

[Matt-AE86]

I would say its probably help induce the oversteer more. Is it very twitchy now ? I know if I run alot of track up the front and less in the rear , it makes it very twitchy/oversteery. It can sometimes be very dangerous. Try putting stockers on the front. I doubt it will oversteer then, cause you have less track in the front, more in the rear.