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1. Tail Happy (score: 1): Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:20:28 -0500; At lunch today I took a new salesperson out for a ride in my 71. She had never ridden in an English Sports Car, She was amazed. Anyway I was showing off a bit and went through the parking lot and as; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00580.html (7,612 bytes)
2. Re: Tail Happy (score: 1): Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 23:25:07 -0400; All that I can say is that with a rear sway bar, it will still spin, but it will spin flatter. (I put one on mine, and it's big fun... just not THAT much BETTER, if you get what I mean.) Luke '71 MkI; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00592.html (8,368 bytes)
3. Re: Tail Happy (score: 1): Author: PorscheRcr@aol.com; Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 01:17:46 EDT; instead of backing off the gas when it gets loose.. go to neutral throttle or slight acceleration. This will transfer weight to the rear tires and usually hook it back up. Beyond that a larger front; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00593.html (7,182 bytes)
4. Re: Tail Happy (score: 1): Author: PorscheRcr@aol.com; Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 01:36:21 EDT; Generally a bad idea on an already tail happy car, though it's a mixed blessing on a swing-axle car. On one hand it will help prevent the jacking effect that causes some of the oversteer that swing-a; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00594.html (7,293 bytes)
5. Re: Tail Happy (score: 1): Author: Dean.Dashwood@enron.com; Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:42:13 +0100; I've seen a few replies, mainly from racers, suggesting stiffer springs, anti-roll bars, camber compensators, etc. I'm sure they're all very valid. But in my (purely street) experience, every handli; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00635.html (8,943 bytes)
6. RE: Tail Happy (score: 1): Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:14:46 -0500; I changed the tire pressure and it helped immensely ! I had the tires mounted and didn't pay much attention to the pressure. When I checked it the rears were at 32 psi. I dropped the rears to 26 and; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00640.html (9,426 bytes)
7. Re: Tail Happy (score: 1): Author: PorscheRcr@aol.com; Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:29:41 EDT; Its mostly the stagger in pressures thats important here, running the fronts lower than the rear promotes understeer. It would do the same whether it was 22 and 18 or 36 and 32. Vehicle weight and ti; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00649.html (7,377 bytes)
8. Re: Tail Happy (score: 1): Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:33:02 -0400; Wow, 2 psi made that much difference? We *all* get at least that much every day, from temperature changes! -- Douglas Frank Compaq Computer Corp. Larceny, n. A sturdy fiber ZKO 110 Spit Brook Rd. of; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00668.html (7,483 bytes)
9. Re: Tail Happy (score: 1): Author: Dean.Dashwood@enron.com; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:19:53 +0100; Damn, you got me! Ok, I didn't mean "a couple" literally - more like 8 to Who was it that said (on this thread) that it's not incorrect pressures that give poor performance, but an incorrect differen; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00692.html (7,781 bytes)

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