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Car swaying/floating around on power
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20/06/2014 20:10
20/06/2014 20:10
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 3,486 London Tan
technics
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I need some sleep
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I need some sleep
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As above, highly modded coop, good power and on the beans it sways/floats around, hard to keep it in a straight line.
Any ideas please?
Thanks.
Now in the 400+ bhp club!
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Re: Car swaying/floating around on power
[Re: technics]
#1495112
22/06/2014 07:58
22/06/2014 07:58
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Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 555 Bulgaria
Ferrarist
Enjoying the ride
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Enjoying the ride
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 555
Bulgaria
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Problem like this can be easily located from some who knows what to look for - wishbones, rack and it's balljoints, wheel misalignment, and so on.....just find the right guy for it...
20VT - Alfa 156 2.0 - Alfa 156 Mid-Engined RWD - Locost 20VT
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Re: Car swaying/floating around on power
[Re: technics]
#1496698
02/07/2014 21:49
02/07/2014 21:49
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Posts: 3,486 London Tan
technics
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I need some sleep
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I need some sleep
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Posts: 3,486
London Tan
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Cheers guys.
Where are people ordering quality parts from nowadays?
Now in the 400+ bhp club!
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Re: Car swaying/floating around on power
[Re: technics]
#1496703
02/07/2014 22:25
02/07/2014 22:25
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,252 Windsor/ Reading
knight7660
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Competition Level
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,252
Windsor/ Reading
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As above, highly modded coop, good power and on the beans it sways/floats around, hard to keep it in a straight line.
Any ideas please?
Thanks. When my wishbones were badly worn it was like the coupe was floating around in the road
LE53 (452BHp & 389ftlb's with Quaife) Wine red VIS FOOFY Audi RS4 B7
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Re: Car swaying/floating around on power
[Re: technics]
#1496752
03/07/2014 08:03
03/07/2014 08:03
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nissansteve
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nissansteve
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I'd go with track control arms. Usual symptoms are the car wandering one way under power and the other when you come off the throttle. The rear bush is usually the culprit, it wears and allows the whole arm to move enough to literally steer the car one way or the other depending on the torque going through it.
The worst one I saw was on a pug 206 that I picked up cheap due to a "dangerous steering fault" The track control rear bush was so worn that when you let go of the throttle the car lurched to the left requiring half a turn of the wheel to correct it. Terrifying road test that was. Back at the workshop believe it or not. The offending bush was on a very recently replaced arm. Which was why nobody could accurately diagnose it. Even a big bar didn't reveal the movement. Only when jacked up and put in fifth and given some beans on and off the throttle could you see the true extent of the failure.
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