Type-R with DCCD in rain = Dangerous
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Type-R with DCCD in rain = Dangerous
Last night on my way home i was accelerating to change lane and over take a car, i was in 4th and as i hit boost the back end started to come out
Proper scared me, as i was not even messing about or driving hard
I soon wound the DCCD forward a few notches
Proper scared me, as i was not even messing about or driving hard
I soon wound the DCCD forward a few notches
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Type-R's sound like fun, may have to check one out in the future!
I sold my STi to a mate a couple of weeks ago, motoring around in his tuned up E30 325i Sport and it's a bit crazy in the rain.
Was leaving the work car park, turning left heading up to join the road, unintentionally on purpose power slided round and joined the queue of car's at the lights - had a big grin for ages
I sold my STi to a mate a couple of weeks ago, motoring around in his tuned up E30 325i Sport and it's a bit crazy in the rain.
Was leaving the work car park, turning left heading up to join the road, unintentionally on purpose power slided round and joined the queue of car's at the lights - had a big grin for ages
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I'm always very easy in the wet. Just to easy for the boost to take you by surprise at the wrong time and you find yourself going in a different direction to the one you intended.
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Wait untill you up the power beyond 400.
Mine is constantly trying to swap ends on me, even in a straight line.
Have a look here - https://www.scoobynet.com/drivetrain...riend-foe.html
Mine is constantly trying to swap ends on me, even in a straight line.
Have a look here - https://www.scoobynet.com/drivetrain...riend-foe.html
#6
DCCD is fantastic, in the wet or in the dry.
It transforms the Impreza, in my opinion, but it also puts you directly in control of one of the mechanisms which makes it such a confidence inspiring tool. If you don't understand what difference it makes compared to a standard model, and alter your driving accordingly, you could well find the car doing something you don't expect it to.
It transforms the Impreza, in my opinion, but it also puts you directly in control of one of the mechanisms which makes it such a confidence inspiring tool. If you don't understand what difference it makes compared to a standard model, and alter your driving accordingly, you could well find the car doing something you don't expect it to.
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I find the DCCD good in the dry with it wound open
When you give it stick going round a bend you can feel the back end steping out ever so slightly, which helps the car not understeer, altho in the wet its usless imo
When you give it stick going round a bend you can feel the back end steping out ever so slightly, which helps the car not understeer, altho in the wet its usless imo
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I never had a problem with my DCCD-A. Don't get me wrong in manual and set to rear the back would step out quite happily but in automatic mode it was spot on in all weather conditions.
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I feel 100 times safer in a RWD car when the rear end steps out then a 4WD with loss of traction!.. I hate it when I get 4wheel drift, completely and utter lack of control! :| Just got to let the car sort its self out, very disconcerting!
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Things could be worst you could have a rwd car with a turbo, my god how hard are they to keep on the staight and narrow, i owned a S13 200sx had many scary moments it that thing!
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at least with rwd you hav a a bit of control,with the typeR the back end kicks like a rwd but the front then grips throwing you at whatever is at the side of the road if you have even the slightest steering on,in the wet im always extra careful with mine ad ive had 2 very lucky escapes
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I dont think dccd = a crash in the rain! maybe a different style than a non dccd car? i dont have many scary moments in mine classic ra with 420hp its my daily car so gets all weather conditions on toyo t1r tyres,i normally drive in the 1st orange in the rain which is fine, scrables around for traction in the lower gears and can at times make low speed understeer but my rear diff is slightly locked so wont help lol! maybe some people with this over steer problem should change there lead boot for a plimsole
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Well i know i had my s13 for 10months and sold it mainly as the engine was beging to develop a fault also the whole experiance of rwd and turbo wasnt a great one, on the 200sx its like an on-off power delivery and nearly got caught out big time 2/3 occasions im glad i sold it otherwise it would of been stacked somewhere.
I too drive with first orange triangle on in the wet and had no 'moments' so far but i do try to drive more senisibaly in the rain anyway.
I too drive with first orange triangle on in the wet and had no 'moments' so far but i do try to drive more senisibaly in the rain anyway.
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bttt
all this talk of the subaru handling + trickery DCCD in the rain im not sure about sti subarus but the car iv got is easy to drive in the rain wrx bugeye 300+ bhp
although the front is prone to understeer but all in all its a doddle to drive even in a spirited mode .
now if your talking scarey try a e30 bmw now that was as sly as a box of monkeys and it had you paranoid and taught me a hard lesson once or twice .
rain rain = wetter the better .
although the front is prone to understeer but all in all its a doddle to drive even in a spirited mode .
now if your talking scarey try a e30 bmw now that was as sly as a box of monkeys and it had you paranoid and taught me a hard lesson once or twice .
rain rain = wetter the better .
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Yes its easier to lose traction in an RWD car as there is only one pair of driving wheels to put the power down with BUT the front wheels keep traction and you can still steer... With a permenant 4WD car if you lose traction due to wheel spin your screwed until you back off the power, ridding out a 4 wheel slide isnt particularly a good idea where as ridding out a RWD slide is very possible
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i sold my skyline because it was fookin deadly in the wet...these cars are ***** cats compared to that, dccd or no dccd. get the geometry setup and good tyres on it ! ..you lot are spoiled !
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My tyres arnt the best i have ever had, there are a set of Falkens on atm
I was having a play in the rain again, and with the diff wound up a cupple of notches its fine.
@Gutman pig, go for it! lol
@ Growler Grrr, the Dccd is great in the dry, it helps loads with the understeer, just give it beans and rather thn the car trying to drag you across in a streight line, the back end steps out and helps you around
I was having a play in the rain again, and with the diff wound up a cupple of notches its fine.
@Gutman pig, go for it! lol
@ Growler Grrr, the Dccd is great in the dry, it helps loads with the understeer, just give it beans and rather thn the car trying to drag you across in a streight line, the back end steps out and helps you around
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Spot on, if you know how it works and have practiced what to do with it, it's a superb bit of kit. It's nothing like driving a 'standard' Impreza with 60f:40r split and viscous coupled centre, completely different car.
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66:34 split isn't it? One of the reasons I sold my typeR sti5 and bought a P1, everyday car driving.