Last weekend at a demo autocross a 16 year vet drove my car and recommended using left foot braking. Her exact words were "the car loves it". Actually she really liked the tiburon a lot and came within 1/2 second of her fastest time in her own car on Kuhmo V700s (the tib was on street tires). Anyway, after a quick demo I did a few runs and tried the left foot braking. I can atest to the fact that it was MUCH easier to control the car in turns. While I need more practice, I took .1 seconds off my previous fastest time. The best part is that I now can tap some of the potential of the car, of which there is plenty for autocross. Anyway, I figured I'd pass along the find, in case anyone else out there is struggling a bit to figure out the tiburon's handling.
For those that don't know...Left foot braking is a technique in which you use the left foot to brake while using the right foot to modulate the gas. It's particularly effective in FWD cars to help the car rotate thru the corner.
I agree that the rear of the car needs to be stiffened slightly. I'd start with adding camber on the front wheels. If someone sold a camber kit (not just the crash bolts) I'd probably buy it.
whiteline has the castor and camber kits available.
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The technique to be used often depends on how you want to set up the car's behaviour for the next turn or series of turns, ie. left-foot braking is handy for a single corner or series of corners where you will not have to change up or down, whereas for a series of corners where the gears will have to be cycled, you might find that heel-and-toe suits the situation better.
Hope that helped man.irate:
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J/k, thats good advice.
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