Torque box rollbar. Oversteer or undeersteer?

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:51 pm

Calling all users of the TB roll-bar from MX5Plus:

Has your car's handling changed? If so, is it inducing under or oversteer?

I've been too much of a wuss to find out :oops:

All I know is it settles the car alot better whilst cornering.

Mokesta · Postby **Mokesta** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:13 pm

Oversteer because I'm braver. If I want understeer, I drive my Moke!

NMX516 · Postby **NMX516** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:16 pm

The only difference I have noticed is that the car feels more stable on the road because of reduced body flex as a result of the roll bar. My assumption then being that because the car isn't flexing as much, the wheel alignment and spring and shock settings are behaving in a more pro active way, as the wheel aligner intended. Perhaps the roll bar helps to highlight the suspension settings sooner, and so if your wheel alignment or spring/shock settings are tending towards o'steer, you will now see or feel more of that and vice versa for u'steer.

That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it!