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SECTION ONE EFFECT LISTED FIRST INSTABILITY Straight line instability—general POSSIBLE CAUSES Rear wheel toe-out, either static due to incorrect setting or dynamic due to bump steer Vast lack of rear downforce or overwhelming amount of front downforce Broken chassis or suspension member or mounting point Wild amount of front toe-in or toe-out Straight line instability under hard acceleration Limited slip differential worn out or malfunctioning Insufficient rear wheel toe-in Straight line instability—car darts over bumps Too much front toe-in or toe-out Uneven front castor setting Uneven front shock forces or bump rubbers Front anti-roll bar too stiff Instability under the brakes—front end darts or wanders Too much front brake bias Instability under the brakes—car wants to spin Too much rear brake bias or too much positive camber on rear tires RESPONSE Car feels generally heavy and unresponsive Too much aerodynamic downforce Car feels sloppy, is slow to take a set in corners, rolls a lot Too little shock absorber damping Insufficient roll resistance or ride rate Car responds too quickly—has little feel—slides at slightest provocation Too little downforce Too stiff in either ride or roll resistance Too much shock Too much tire pressure UNDERSTEER Corner entry understeer— won’t point in and gets progressively worse; Common complaint. Can be caused by: Insufficient front track width Front roll stiffness too high Front roll center too low Insufficient front shock absorber bump resistance Insufficient front downforce Excessive dynamic positive camber on outside front tire Braking too hard and too late Too little front roll resistance—falling over on outside front due to track width ratio or diagonal load transfer. Can often be reduced by increasing front roll resistance even though doing so will increase lateral load transfer. Corner entry understeer—car initially points in and then washes out Too much front toe-in Insufficient front download Insufficient front roll cam