DSJ: Vol 3 - '04 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR GSR

[Boundary Layer]

The whole point of the DSJ's was to setup cars selected by forum members because they found them troublesome to drift.

That's why the Evo VIII MR.

 

[DeSwyft]

That is why.. The DSJ was trying to deal with cars that were hard to drift. There is no reason to dedicate a project to cars that anyone can tune

Oh I see why.. oh okay, then thanks.. I just REALLY don't like the look of the Evo VIII because of the two front unneccesary holes ( i forgot what they're called, it's for air to get into the engine).

 

[nk4e]

Countersteer while decelerating = oversteer
Countersteer while accelerating = understeer

...to generalize.. make sure you have weight transfered over the rear wheels when countersteering on mixed tires unless you want to increase your angle rapidly.

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Edit: Ok, so I didn't give up just yet.. did some more randomness and came up with this:

N2/N1 tires
Stage 2 turbo
Racing intercooler
Everything else
1.5 way LSD (!)
Racing suspension
-- Springs: 5.6/4.4
-- Ride: 108/124
-- Bound: 8/3
-- Rebound: 10/4
-- Camber: 2.3/0.5
-- Toe: 4/0 (!)
-- Stabilizers: 4/4
Brake controller
-- Balance: 3/14
Ballast
-- Weight: 22kg
-- Distribution: +50
VCD
-- Front: 25%

The important changes in this tune are toe (+4/0) and LSD (1.5way, not full custom). Both of these seemed to help quite a lot where other settings have failed to impress. The springs and stabilizers are at the default values, and the dampers are set up pretty roughly... Ballast helps kick the rear out on feint and forward weight transfer.

The new toe and LSD helped make the car hold angles better, and made it a lot easier to drive in general... Angle finetuning is also easier with throttle only. Whereas I couldn't even drift apricot 1+2 with my last tries, these changes alone made the car drift the double sweeper at midfield effortlessly.. It has a tendency to go very unstable in weird camber turns (such as the left-right before the hairpin at midfield), but all in all it's ok now. Not perfect, but ok.

Maybe that could work for the Spec C also.

 

[Boundary Layer]

Oh I see why.. oh okay, then thanks.. I just REALLY don't like the look of the Evo VIII because of the two front unneccesary holes ( i forgot what they're called, it's for air to get into the engine).

you mean the grille, permitting air through to the radiator?
Last time I checked, that was very necessary.

 

[vaektor]

Here are some settings I have been tweaking with... I was going for a combination of slight power-on/lift-off oversteer with more heavy oversteer generated during breaking. It's kind of grippy I know, but maybe it could serve as a base for some more agressive drift settings.

Anyways this is my first post... so hopefully they don't come off as goofy

Suspension
-Spring Rate: 10.5 / 10.5
-Ride Height: 110 / 110
-Bound: 7/ 4
-Rebound: 4 / 7
-Camber: 2.2 / 2.7
-Toe: 1 / -1
-Stabilizers: 3 / 3

LSD
-Initial: 5
-Acceleration: 45
-Deceleration: 10

Downforce
-Amount: 0 / 0

Driving Aids
-ASM Oversteer: 0
-ASM Understeer: 0
-TCS: 0

Brake Controller
-Brakes: 6 / 5

VCD
-Amount: 50

AYC
-Amount: 110

Transmission
Autoset 14.

Ballast
-Weight: 0
-Location:0

 

[OZ Lancer]

I tried those settings.. ouldnt get the rear end to kick out when I wanted. I started drifting on the evo mr and have done it ever since. here are my settings. Easy to flick the rear end out. I auto drift. I was reading about manual is easier so im gonna learn it.

mitsu lancer VIII MR gsr
Power: 495 hp


Parts to buy:

everything...
tires - N2 front and rear
lsd-standard
vcd
aycc

Settings:

Spring rate: 6.5/5.0
Ride height: 98/98
Shock bound: 7/7
Shock rebound: 7/7
Camber angle: 3.0/2.0
Toe angle: 0.0/0.0
Stabilizers: 3/2

LSD Setting:
Initial Torque: 20
LSD Accel: 36
LSD Decel: 27

Brake ballance: 6/19

VCD Setting: 10

AYCC- 110

Ballast:
ballast weight - 17
front/rear - 50

just noticed. haha. my asm/understeer is set at 9. Thats the issue I have with all your set-ups I think. to much understeer. ill try to get my settings ok without asm.

i fling the rear out with a lil flip off the gas and turn in.. then throttle control and this goes pretty quick so in a long drift sometimes i have to cut the angle hard .. a manual might fix that issue though.

 

[nk4e]

I tried those settings.. ouldnt get the rear end to kick out when I wanted. I started drifting on the evo mr and have done it ever since. here are my settings. Easy to flick the rear end out. I auto drift. I was reading about manual is easier so im gonna learn it.

mitsu lancer VIII MR gsr
Power: 495 hp


Parts to buy:

everything...
tires - N2 front and rear
lsd-standard
vcd
aycc

Settings:

Spring rate: 6.5/5.0
Ride height: 98/98
Shock bound: 7/7
Shock rebound: 7/7
Camber angle: 3.0/2.0
Toe angle: 0.0/0.0
Stabilizers: 3/2

LSD Setting:
Initial Torque: 20
LSD Accel: 36
LSD Decel: 27

Brake ballance: 6/19

VCD Setting: 10

AYCC- 110

Ballast:
ballast weight - 17
front/rear - 50

just noticed. haha. my asm/understeer is set at 9. Thats the issue I have with all your set-ups I think. to much understeer. ill try to get my settings ok without asm.

i fling the rear out with a lil flip off the gas and turn in.. then throttle control and this goes pretty quick so in a long drift sometimes i have to cut the angle hard .. a manual might fix that issue though.

Also, your AYC is at the max that is what helping you