suspension setup of GS-R
07-29-2002, 05:14 PM
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hmm, trailing arms use one large arm per wheel. the arm is attached to the car in front of the wheel. The arm travels up and down but not side to side, nor does it rotate. When the car is turning body roll also changes the angle of the arm. Because the arm cannot move independantly of the chassis the wheels camber changes as well. Think understeer when you think of trailing arms.
They also have semi-trailing arms, basically arms mounted at an angle instead of straight up and down. These are better because the angle of the arms cancels out the body roll from the chassis and you get a neutral handling car, but because the arm is at an angle, when it moves up and down the wheels camber changes.
Are you asking this to try to find a car to buy? Or just curious?
Here is a pict I stole
the front of the car is the top of the picture, your looking down on the suspension just like you were standing on the roof of the car, facing the front.
They also have semi-trailing arms, basically arms mounted at an angle instead of straight up and down. These are better because the angle of the arms cancels out the body roll from the chassis and you get a neutral handling car, but because the arm is at an angle, when it moves up and down the wheels camber changes.
Are you asking this to try to find a car to buy? Or just curious?
Here is a pict I stole
the front of the car is the top of the picture, your looking down on the suspension just like you were standing on the roof of the car, facing the front.
07-29-2002, 05:39 PM
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um, its not that bad i guess. Its bad if you over drive the car and you understeer through a turn and kill some cones at your local auto x (I know nothing about that though =P )
Its really not that bad, the integra has a pretty nice suspension for what it is. I think you will really notice if when your in a tight turn on very rough pavement, then you feel the rear end floating around the turn instead of driving around the turn.
The type R is a very sharp handling car and it has trailing arms (limited slip diff too but anyway)...I would not worry about it because any front wheel drive car you get will understeer if you push it to far.
Its really not that bad, the integra has a pretty nice suspension for what it is. I think you will really notice if when your in a tight turn on very rough pavement, then you feel the rear end floating around the turn instead of driving around the turn.
The type R is a very sharp handling car and it has trailing arms (limited slip diff too but anyway)...I would not worry about it because any front wheel drive car you get will understeer if you push it to far.
07-29-2002, 05:50 PM
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lol yep, its open diff baby. Really sucks when you floor it coming out of a turn and get the wheel spin =)
Adding a LSD to a front wheel drive car adds more understeer as well, but I think its better to have the LSD than to be spinning tires
Adding a LSD to a front wheel drive car adds more understeer as well, but I think its better to have the LSD than to be spinning tires