How to drive a scooby
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How to drive a scooby
Folks,
Can anyone recommend a web site or source of information on learning how to drive a scooby or similar perf. car to do it justice. Something that covers the basic rally techniques and general advice on making the best use of an sti?
Might make me look an idiot but this is my first 'fast' or turbo'd car. Previous XRI3 doesn't count!
Rgds
Mikez
Can anyone recommend a web site or source of information on learning how to drive a scooby or similar perf. car to do it justice. Something that covers the basic rally techniques and general advice on making the best use of an sti?
Might make me look an idiot but this is my first 'fast' or turbo'd car. Previous XRI3 doesn't count!
Rgds
Mikez
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Originally Posted by Mikez
Folks,
Can anyone recommend a web site or source of information on learning how to drive a scooby or similar perf. car to do it justice. Something that covers the basic rally techniques and general advice on making the best use of an sti?
Might make me look an idiot but this is my first 'fast' or turbo'd car. Previous XRI3 doesn't count!
Rgds
Mikez
Can anyone recommend a web site or source of information on learning how to drive a scooby or similar perf. car to do it justice. Something that covers the basic rally techniques and general advice on making the best use of an sti?
Might make me look an idiot but this is my first 'fast' or turbo'd car. Previous XRI3 doesn't count!
Rgds
Mikez
I'm off on the 27th October for a Circuit training day with him. There will be three of us on the day and he offers 1 to 1 tuition. The circuit is Abbeville in france and the cost is 200 pounds. Which frankly is very cheap!
Still one space left if your interested.
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Get Triple'O G to teach you; he knows everything, lol!
https://www.scoobynet.com/wondering-t539063.html
https://www.scoobynet.com/wondering-t539063.html
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Thanks for the info, the instruction day sounds like an excellent idea but I will look for something similar a bit closer than France tho. I live in Hull.
Will let you all know what I find. I suspect there is a rally school about 20mls away and they might do something similar.
thanks again,
Mikez
Will let you all know what I find. I suspect there is a rally school about 20mls away and they might do something similar.
thanks again,
Mikez
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Don Palmer is good.
http://www.donpalmer.co.uk/cchandbook/intro.htm
Just a few quick hints. For the road
Slow in Fast out. You want to drive the car round round the bend not let it take you. Because scoobs have so much grip people tend to go into bends too fast. If the bend tightens up they lift off and they get snap overstear.
Slow in Fast out. After braking at the end of a straight give the car a fraction of a second to balance up before turing into the bend. As you turn, because a scoob has so much grip, you can progressively feed the power down way before the apex. When the tyres do let go in a WRX it will be progressive understear. Sti - well it depends what you have done with the diff.
Get good tyres - spend money on your tyres and play around with the pressures. This will make all the difference between really enjoying the car with confidence or ending up in a hedge backwards. Eagle F1 are a must for me. Others also swear by toyos as well.
At the end of the day you need to get out get a feel for it yourself.
Hope this helps
Steve
http://www.donpalmer.co.uk/cchandbook/intro.htm
Just a few quick hints. For the road
Slow in Fast out. You want to drive the car round round the bend not let it take you. Because scoobs have so much grip people tend to go into bends too fast. If the bend tightens up they lift off and they get snap overstear.
Slow in Fast out. After braking at the end of a straight give the car a fraction of a second to balance up before turing into the bend. As you turn, because a scoob has so much grip, you can progressively feed the power down way before the apex. When the tyres do let go in a WRX it will be progressive understear. Sti - well it depends what you have done with the diff.
Get good tyres - spend money on your tyres and play around with the pressures. This will make all the difference between really enjoying the car with confidence or ending up in a hedge backwards. Eagle F1 are a must for me. Others also swear by toyos as well.
At the end of the day you need to get out get a feel for it yourself.
Hope this helps
Steve
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tripple i read your post and keeping the wheel straight when the back end comes round on an impreza is better than opposite lock because the front wheels are driven so too much opposite lock makes the car try to straighten too fast snapping the car the other way.
i only give a small amount of opposite lock when the back end is hanging out too far and do not let off the throttle and as it starts to straighten i straighten the steering again otherwise it is too violent.
i only give a small amount of opposite lock when the back end is hanging out too far and do not let off the throttle and as it starts to straighten i straighten the steering again otherwise it is too violent.
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I recommend getting on a Prodrive Open Day. You will get a chance to push scoobies hard, something you will not get to do on a normal road and you can ask the pro's about the DCCD control while your there.
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