tatty Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 I'm the proud owner of a 96/97 version3 sti ra, but she handles like a pig!!! heres what happens......When driving round a large smooth corner on some boost (but not a lot) then lift of, the car dives the the side that you are cornering, start to accelerate again and it starts to follow the corner again. All this without moving the steering wheel!!!! Passed mot 2weeks ago so all the bushes i presume are ok, Had it jacked up and swung the front wheels from full lock to full lock just to see how they felt. Well i think the steering rack is shot to shit. When swinging the wheels from side to side they seem to have a massive area where there is no resistance (almost like they wern't connected) 1. is this the rack 2. has anybody else had this or a similar prob 3. help!!!!!!! Martin
st3ph3n Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 It sounds like "standard" lift off oversteer. Cornering on throttle has the car at a neutral angle, then by shutting the throtle the front end drops, grips more, and the back end gets light.
tatty Posted February 1, 2007 Author Posted February 1, 2007 It's not standard oversteer that's for sure!! I'm on my 4th scooby and 2nd ra and none of the previous cars have ever been this bad! But what about the description of the wheels from lock to lock when off the ground? Martin
cusco kid Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 hi bud you got problems get the car looked at asap possible s/rack failure lower tca bush problem /////track rod end worn//// is it deffo from the front that you are having problems ////cheque lower ball joints for lift or wear /////dont drive at exessive speed till its seen to geo
tatty Posted February 2, 2007 Author Posted February 2, 2007 Yeh it's gettng looked at today to see what it might be, yip deffo feels front to me also!! it's a head scratcher though. ecpecially when just got prodrive steering/camber settings fut on it to try and cure the fault. Waste of £70, well at the mo it is. Will post the prob when found so that if anyone else has a similar prob the can get it done straight away Martin
tatty Posted February 2, 2007 Author Posted February 2, 2007 Just back from the garage and it's the powersteering pump that is buggered! So booked in to get replaced on Thursday, so i'll let you all know if that has cured the prob, here's hoping!!! Martin
scooby222 Posted February 3, 2007 Posted February 3, 2007 hope that sorts the problem for you martin, nice that your back in an impreza after the skyline hope its as nice as your last ra! im toshs neighbour used to have a dark blue classic, think i had a play with you when you had an escort cossie? cheers dave
tatty Posted February 3, 2007 Author Posted February 3, 2007 Shanks? Is that you? If so i would never of guessed your name mate sorry. It's faster than the last 1 that's for sure, newer,nicer but somehow not the same!! Sure once the handling is sorted i'll be way more happy with it. What you running now? That's the reason i sold the cossie, had that scooby of yours climbing all over the boot lid, and the cossie had 320bhp. Saw the light and never looked back since!! Yehaaaa Martin
scooby222 Posted February 3, 2007 Posted February 3, 2007 yep the one and only! always happy to bring someone over from the dark side [] strange how no two scoobs are ever the same, after the unfortunate demise of the first one i got an identical one to replace it with the same mods but it was nowhere near as quick or handled as well. dont think it would have given the cossie such a hard time! got a wr blue sti 9 with ppp, performance is in a dofferent league as is th handling but just not as much fun as the classics
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