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Originally Posted by Boost_Nation
no no by break i ment your traction breaking loose. Its like this: Pretend your driving a stock car and your going around a turn and the car leans towards one side and you can kinda tell how the car is going to act and that if you push it harder and harder its going to lean more and more to that side until it finanly looses traction. Now, pretend your in a car that has super stiff springs + shocks and a stiff sway bar. You go into a turn and the car stays flat, no leaning toward anyside, which is good. The only thing i was warning you about was becuase since the car is alot stiffer in a turn, you cant predict when its going to break free and loose traction since its so stiff, compared to when its leaning and rolling and you can predict it better. Thats all, so no worries man, and im sure that the stuff im talking about is only on cars with like race setups as in SUPER SUPER stiff, so its all good. Im going to get some sways soon too hopefully!
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Cars are supposed to lean and even with 1000+lb/in springs, a properly setup car will still lean so that there is weight transfer. Limit of tires and the ability to tell when the car will lose traction is not exactly associated with body lean. Yaw rate and even the sound of street tires is a better indicator. If your car breaks loose prior to tire squeal, then it's because the tire is losing contact with the ground from an improperly set up suspension. You can often tell if this is occurring by braking 100% over a bumpy surface. If it's extremely rough and your stopping distance is horrid then you know that your tires are leaving the ground.