Rear End Feel

[chaudanova]

Originally Posted by steve00s

I experience two quirks with the rearend of my car. The first is similar to what you describe. It is most noticeable on the track just past the apex on a turn that requires a sharp turnin. The rearend does kind of a "jog". It comes right back but is a little unnerving. I have 17" wheels and the tires do have some sidewall flex which is what I have attributed most of this to.

Secondly, upon very hard acceleration the backend kicks to the side as I shift from first to second gear. You can really feel the torque from the drive wheel and again can be a little bit unnerving. I attribute this to the lack of a limited slip diffential. I have contemplated whether a LSD would also help with the first issue I described as well. Any thoughts from those who have LSD on how it changes the rearend feel? Is LSD a waste or would it help?

I experience this same problem... It is on the shifts, and especially moreso, on a downshift, that one side tends to squat more than the other. I was wondering if it had to deal with lack of LSD also. Recently I installed a set of adjustable aftermarket rear trailing arms (track arms, as some call them), with the spherical bearings rather than the OEM rubber bushings, and that seemed to have helped a little bit, but I still get some of that same feeling on the shifts/downshifts. I am wondering now, since the addition of the spherical bearing type arms helped to eliminate a bit of that play, that perhaps it could be an issue with the motor mount bushings perhaps? What do you guys think?