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Originally Posted by Tapage  Ebag .. brutal post .. thanks !
been read all I still thinking for me .. it's more valuable oversteer ( locking my rears segs before fronts .. ) I'm still under the impresion that in a gravel road for example, if you loc your fronts before rears in a turn you will end out of the road ..
But .. loing your rears .. you are still in control of the vehicle .. you have steering coz your front tires are still turning .. those seconds IMOP make the diference in my case.
I can release the brakes .. unloc the rear tires, push the gas and correct the course .. |
It's obviously up to you how you setup your rig. I've experienced both oversteer and understeer in the 80, and I would probably personally prefer a bit of oversteer than understeer for myself. But oversteer can go south in a hurry real quick, understeer isn't quite as dangerous.
I don't know if you have been in any over/understeer situations, or had any experience/training in handling them. I've had the advantage of having parents who grew up learning how to drive in ice (not snow, ice
) and so they taught me how to deal with under/oversteer from the start.
Your suggested method of handling oversteer might or might not work, you really don't give enough details to say one way or the other. But if you "push the gas" that can actually cause you to oversteer the opposite way.
"Correct the course" is not intuitive with when oversteering, most people either turn with an oversteer (which of course causes it to be worse) or go the opposite direction way too far, which can cause you to oversteer the opposite way or lose control completely. While you want to turn into it, again, moderation is key.
The surface really doesn't matter for how you handle oversteer or understeer, but it does effect how much of it you can get away with. I've had my truck in 4 wheel slides on gravel before (in that circumstance, just slightly wanted to oversteer), and I wouldn't set my truck up to be biased towards the rear. Had I not been biased towards the front, that situation would have resulted in my back end kicking out and instead of being a nice 4 wheel slide, it would have been end over end.
The theory that you maintain more control in an oversteer than understeer is true...right up to the point where you lose control completely. With understeer (especially in a rig with ABS), you might lose some control but you will always maintain a certain amount of control over the situation. With oversteer, if you are experienced enough you can maintain full control through the whole situation, but if you lose control even for just an instant, you're screwed, it's more of an all or nothing situation.
Something else to consider is that 80's are pretty top heavy, especially when lifted. If you oversteer and spin out in a low slung sports car, you might be embarressed but that's about it. If you spin out in an 80....well....there's probably more than a fair chance you're going to end up on your side or top. Kinda hard to end up upside down in an understeer situation.