Honda Del Sol/mitsubishi Eclipse

[KTiGZ]

Hey Guys, I've Seen Many "how To's" For Ff Cars, Many Have Helped But I Just Cant Happen To Use Any Of This On My Mitsubishi Eclipse Or My Honda Del Sol, I Try To Reduce Horsepower And Mess Around With The Suspension, Ballest, Basically Everything But Still Cant Get Them To Stop Wheelspin, So I Have Sold And Rebought Both Cars So I Could Start All Over , If Anyone Can Help Me I Would Appreciate It, Or If Someone Could Acutually Do It For Me Would Be Even Better But Either Is Fine, Thanks Guys

 

[CraftyLandShark]

Hit up any one of the Tuning Garages in this subforum (Mad Finn Tuners, RCV, or Aussie Tuners), review one of their tuned cars, and one of them will be glad to do a custom build for you.

Also, If You Stop Capitalizing Every Word Of Every Sentence Your Posts Will Be More Readable. Just A Hint.

 

[daan]

Also, If You Stop Capitalizing Every Word Of Every Sentence Your Posts Will Be More Readable. Just A Hint.

I'm guessing he typed it out in full caps. The forum software changes it to title case.

Using full stops and creating proper sentences would be good too.

 

[KTiGZ]

lol sorry about that one. but thanks i ll get at one of them.

 

[CraftyLandShark]

I've been working on a 92 CRX del Sol recently as well. If you'd like, I can send you the settings. It's not 100% perfect yet, but it's almost there. Wheelspin with it definitely isn't an issue.

 

[Rotary Junkie]

Also, which Eclipse?

I'll be glad to do one if you'll give me some feedback on the tune overall.

 

[VTiRoj]

An easy fix I found was to make the gears you wheelspin in, VERY long, yes it hurts acceleration, but you wont wheelspin as much. Plus you shouldnt need more than 200bhp in a Del Sol, so you should be onto a fantastic little car if you keep trying 👍

But as mentioned, your best off going to a tuner garage and asking there.

 

[CraftyLandShark]

The del Sol is pitch-perfect at just above 200, but right now I'm running 235 on the stock differential and it seems to be doing extremely well. I tore a page out of Kent's book and opted not to buy the rigidity refresher. A worn-out chassis on some FF's seem to have a positive effect on understeer.

 

[Skygrasper550]

well, you really can't remove wheelspin on (almost) any FF car.., you can only reduce them to such an extent wherein you can't almost feel it, but it is still there.., the best way probably to do this is using the transmission trick..,

 

[Megasoft Office]

In most cases, FF tunes should be running quite stiff spring rates to prevent squatting under throttle. There's a hint for ya

 

[Rotary Junkie]

Unfortunately, they don't like stiffer rear springs much, so only a slight difference in rates will be beneficial.

I like to start around 7-7.5 front and rear.

 

[CraftyLandShark]

It seems that this depends on where the car's understeer occurs. In most FF's, it's sustained yaw-type understeer post-apex. In these cases, I've found a relatively stiff rear damper arrangement with a strong-ish front rebound can help significantly, as it reduces the amount of lift off the front wheels under acceleration. Weight in the front of an FF isn't necessarily a bad thing, at least in GT4 terms.

Also, strangely, I've noticed recently that a lot of FF's that come equipped with LSD's from the factory often behave more predictably with the OEM LSD than they do with a well-adjusted FC LSD, as long as HUGE amounts of power aren't added.

 

[Skygrasper550]

It seems that this depends on where the car's understeer occurs. In most FF's, it's sustained yaw-type understeer post-apex. In these cases, I've found a relatively stiff rear damper arrangement with a strong-ish front rebound can help significantly, as it reduces the amount of lift off the front wheels under acceleration. Weight in the front of an FF isn't necessarily a bad thing, at least in GT4 terms.

sustained yaw-type understeer post-apex?? new term for me, what is that??

Also, strangely, I've noticed recently that a lot of FF's that come equipped with LSD's from the factory often behave more predictably with the OEM LSD than they do with a well-adjusted FC LSD, as long as HUGE amounts of power aren't added.

uh, what is OEM LSD??

 

[VTiRoj]

uh, what is OEM LSD??

OEM is original, what originally came with the car. And LSD is a type of drug.

 

[Rotary Junkie]

It also stands for Limited-Slip Differential.

When I go drifting, I tend to have my LSD level crunked up too high...

 

[Skygrasper550]

OEM is original, what originally came with the car. And LSD is a type of drug.

oh ok.., LSD?? a type of drug?? HUH???

 

[Leonidae]

I'm currently working on the Eclipse GT '95. it's not too bad with 275bhp and 350nm+. then again, it is 6.2 mile special so..

 

[VTiRoj]

oh ok.., LSD?? a type of drug?? HUH???

Yep, wiki it and it comes up as a drug.

Of course in this case, it really means Limited-Slip-Differential, but I was just playing 👍

 

[Rotary Junkie]

I'm currently working on the Eclipse GT '95. it's not too bad with 275bhp and 350nm+. then again, it is 6.2 mile special so..

My job. Grr.

 

[Megasoft Office]

I'm currently working on the Eclipse GT '95. it's not too bad with 275bhp and 350nm+. then again, it is 6.2 mile special so..

Fun car to tune. It's naturally low center of gravity, relatively wide car width, and slightly longer wheelbase gives the car great cornering feel. The only problem I have is that the torque climbs rather steeply when installing larger turbines and causes wheelspin too easily.

 

[Leonidae]

which can be countered with longer gear ratios and few tricks that I've learned from our track-oriented teacher who is a suspension mechanic in a super2000 team..