Hello everyone,
This is my first post here. I'm so happy that I have found a legitimate suspension forum for our cars. I finally feel at home! A little bit of backround on me: So I have been autocrossing and open tracking for nearly three years. I have autocrossed many different kinds of cars for seasons at a time in those three years. So I know car control pretty well. With that being said, I am brand new to the s197 mustang.
So yesterday I took my new to me 2008 Bullitt to an autocross. The car did better than I expected. Sadly it did have lots of body roll, excessive brake dive and a lot of understeer. On the street+canyons, the car understeers like a pig, and it also understeers on an autocross course. But the car was very comfortable with countering said understeer with throttle oversteer, so I was able to keep the car pretty neutral while on course. The car was a handful and made me work hard, but ended up being very fun and decently fast.
With that being said, what are the best first steps to get rid of or lessen this understeer? I am on Pirelli P Zero Neros, and yes I know they are a joke of a tire, but the previous owner put them on and they are still brand new. So i would like to "deal with them" until they get worn out if possible.
I would really like to try and spend around $1k. Would really like to spend less if possible. I have done lot's of research on parts, but I figured I would ask here before I pulled any triggers. Also I don't run in SCCA anymore, so modifications and class restrictions are meaningless for me.
Thanks again and looking forward to your responses!
This is my first post here. I'm so happy that I have found a legitimate suspension forum for our cars. I finally feel at home! A little bit of backround on me: So I have been autocrossing and open tracking for nearly three years. I have autocrossed many different kinds of cars for seasons at a time in those three years. So I know car control pretty well. With that being said, I am brand new to the s197 mustang.
So yesterday I took my new to me 2008 Bullitt to an autocross. The car did better than I expected. Sadly it did have lots of body roll, excessive brake dive and a lot of understeer. On the street+canyons, the car understeers like a pig, and it also understeers on an autocross course. But the car was very comfortable with countering said understeer with throttle oversteer, so I was able to keep the car pretty neutral while on course. The car was a handful and made me work hard, but ended up being very fun and decently fast.
With that being said, what are the best first steps to get rid of or lessen this understeer? I am on Pirelli P Zero Neros, and yes I know they are a joke of a tire, but the previous owner put them on and they are still brand new. So i would like to "deal with them" until they get worn out if possible.
I would really like to try and spend around $1k. Would really like to spend less if possible. I have done lot's of research on parts, but I figured I would ask here before I pulled any triggers. Also I don't run in SCCA anymore, so modifications and class restrictions are meaningless for me.
Thanks again and looking forward to your responses!
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