Festiver build thread

[Advancedynamix]

What is your camber set at? Zero toe without at least -2.5 degrees of negative camber feels really wandery (even more so with low wheel offset.)
With a straight alignment (no toe in or out) the wheel will not return like it does with toe in or out. This takes some getting used to.
The best way to firm up the feel of the steering, while also improving the feel of the car is with a quicker steering rack ratio.

[ryanprins13]

Ok to start my toe is perfect my suspension is all tight and snug everything seems perfect besides driving
So I'm having trouble
she sometimes wonders on the road like will randomly shoot to the right or left a little
she will turn hard left beautifully but turning right I need to turn way farther than it feels I should and it doesn't feel as tight
The wheel doesn't come all the way back straight by itself
Accelerating pulls to the right slightly but decelerating pulls to the left
All these problems point to a bad alignment but my camber and toe are great and caster is unadjustable so how could it be off really need help here I'm out of ideas



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Ok, camber and toe are great but what are they?
Does it do this with the tires on your steel rims or just these?
I have -1.3ish camber and 0 toe with achilles tires and for the 10km i drove on the highway it seemed to go nice and straight.
Are your tie rod ends even lengths on each side?

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[Festiver]

Ok, camber and toe are great but what are they?
Does it do this with the tires on your steel rims or just these?
I have -1.3ish camber and 0 toe with achilles tires and for the 10km i drove on the highway it seemed to go nice and straight.
Are your tie rod ends even lengths on each side?

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-2° camber 0 toe and the wheels I've had on for months no issues tie rods are factory spec festiva with aspire tie rod ends I centered my steering wheel by the indicators before adjusting my toe and I did bottom out the one tie rod but it was on perfect with my toe being 0 but still my toe is 0

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[Festiver]

What is your camber set at? Zero toe without at least -2.5 degrees of negative camber feels really wandery (even more so with low wheel offset.)
With a straight alignment (no toe in or out) the wheel will not return like it does with toe in or out. This takes some getting used to.
The best way to firm up the feel of the steering, while also improving the feel of the car is with a quicker steering rack ratio.

That is diassapointing I think my camber is -2 iirc would you suggest more camber maybe a hair of toe out? And any idea of why it's weird turning right but perfect turning left?

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[FestYboy]

With negative camber, you want some toe-in if any. Toe out with negative camber will destroy the inside edge of your tires quickly. Also, with your low offset wheels, you've changed your scrub radius, which affects feel.

Then again, Charlie stated all this at the top of the page.

[Advancedynamix]

Yeah, avoid toe out on these cars (on either end). I used to run toe out on my VW mk1 and Mk2 cars for autocross and tight road course driving, but the festiva doesn't need that for quick turn in. It's a drastically better chassis than the VW platforms.

[Advancedynamix]

As far as it being harder to turn one way than the other.... hmmm. Sounds like something may be bent or binding. Axle bind could most certainly do that.
I would definitely run 3 degrees or more of negative camber with the wheels you have on the car. You'll notice a lot of benefits.

[Festiver]

As far as it being harder to turn one way than the other.... hmmm. Sounds like something may be bent or binding. Axle bind could most certainly do that.
I would definitely run 3 degrees or more of negative camber with the wheels you have on the car. You'll notice a lot of benefits.

Ok I'll play with my camber tomorrow see what I can do and I know my trans binds it has since the day I put it in but it hasn't effected the car anything like this before also how will axle bind effect how far I need to turn for a corner

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[Advancedynamix]

I don't know about how far you have to turn, just that it would be harder one way than the other with axle bind.

If your rack isn't centered it'll do weird stuff like that. The tie rods should be equal length.
Also, your rear alignment can affect things like turning radius. What is your rear set up like?

[Festiver]

I don't know about how far you have to turn, just that it would be harder one way than the other with axle bind.

If your rack isn't centered it'll do weird stuff like that. The tie rods should be equal length.
Also, your rear alignment can affect things like turning radius. What is your rear set up like?

Actually figured it out the shoulder on my strut bolts were too long fixed that and she corners hard right again I'll get my camber sorted soon

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[Advancedynamix]

Yeah, some of them are like that and you have to use washers. I'm glad you figured that out. It'll probably handle a lot better with everything tight.

[Dragonhealer]

Ok to start my toe is perfect my suspension is all tight and snug everything seems perfect besides driving
So I'm having trouble
she sometimes wonders on the road like will randomly shoot to the right or left a little
she will turn hard left beautifully but turning right I need to turn way farther than it feels I should and it doesn't feel as tight
The wheel doesn't come all the way back straight by itself
Accelerating pulls to the right slightly but decelerating pulls to the left
All these problems point to a bad alignment but my camber and toe are great and caster is unadjustable so how could it be off really need help here I'm out of ideas



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Weird, I had the same symptoms when my anti-roll bar was sliding in the mount rubbers.

[Festiver]

Weird, I had the same symptoms when my anti-roll bar was sliding in the mount rubbers.

How did you fix that new bushings?

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[Dragonhealer]

I used aftermarket conventional urethane and brackets, and it got worse!
Welded on washers to control bar movement, was a lot beter, new mounts from Australia cured that.

[Festiver]

I used aftermarket conventional urethane and brackets, and it got worse!
Welded on washers to control bar movement, was a lot beter, new mounts from Australia cured that.

Would welding washers change the sway bars tension?

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