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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0 Someone watches too much Top Gear. Lift off oversteer is USUALLY a FWD issue RWD cars oversteer by mashing the pedal down Lift off oversteer is

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Old 08-04-2013, 12:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Someone watches too much Top Gear. Lift off oversteer is USUALLY a FWD issue
RWD cars oversteer by mashing the pedal down
Lift off oversteer is a mid/rear engine car issue. When you lift off the throttle, the weight transfer moves forward, giving the front tires grip, but also makes the rear light. With less grip on the rear tires, a mid/rear car begins to rotate it's rear biased weight around the now grippy front tires. This is what made 70s and 80s (90s probably too) Porsche 911s treacherous to drive.

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Lift off oversteer is a mid/rear engine car issue. When you lift off the throttle, the weight transfer moves forward, giving the front tires grip, but also makes the rear light. With less grip on the rear tires, a mid/rear car begins to rotate it's rear biased weight around the now grippy front tires. This is what made 70s and 80s (90s probably too) Porsche 911s treacherous to drive.
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Lift off oversteer is an issue specific to mid/rear cars, but every car can do it. Especially if you put a stiff roll bar on the rear, combine it with crappy tires and drive on wet roads. But if you do that, then you are just looking for it aren't you?
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Lift off oversteer is an issue specific to mid/rear cars, but every car can do it. Especially if you put a stiff roll bar on the rear, combine it with crappy tires and drive on wet roads. But if you do that, then you are just looking for it aren't you?
Yep, it's an ineherent dynamic to anything with a good bit of weight on the rear axle, but can be dialed in on most anything.

Really, anything that's reasonably well-balanced will exhibit some oversteer if the throttle is lifted at the limit.
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