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140/164 Series General Forum for the Volvo 140 and 164 cars |
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Oct 21st, 2019, 21:12 | #1 |
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A mate of mine, an old volvo hand, reckons 145s can let go of the front end on wet bends. Is this a known thing?
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Oct 21st, 2019, 22:23 | #2 |
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I don't know if it's a well known aspect to the 140's handling but my 145 was badly damaged when a previous owner understeered into a ditch on a corner in wet conditions.
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Oct 21st, 2019, 22:30 | #3 |
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It depends how fast you’re going, if your dampers are doing a good job of keeping your tyres on the road, how wet it is and how good your tyres are. I never had a problem with mine.
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Oct 22nd, 2019, 00:38 | #4 |
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Oct 22nd, 2019, 17:35 | #5 |
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At that time the 140/160 was designed, the people believed in: "A car that will understeer is muuuuch safer"
Yes this cars do understeer heavily. Easy to compensate by alignment, rear ARB and the right pedal with a heavy foot on. I prefer them neutral to oversteer... Good luck, Kay |
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I don't tend to shriek about in the wet, but i want to know that, if my running gear is in good order an decent tyres on, i can corner in wet at non-hooning speeds, pretty please. I mean, this is a Volvo, yes, renowned for . . . ? |
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Oct 22nd, 2019, 20:15 | #7 |
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.. . . an why is it referred to as under an oversteer? It's plain skidding an loosing control, due to bald tyres, idiocy an poor judgement, in my book. I like to go fast betimes, an enjoy a twisty road in something with some enthusiastic horses (W123 estate with the S class V8 in, in my case), but one can always tell when to back off a bit?
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Oct 22nd, 2019, 22:47 | #8 |
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I can't say I have ever really suffered real understeer with my 140's. I do always run 195 or 205 width tyres and that does improve them a lot.
Even with clapped out springs and dampers they go around the corners just with lots of body roll |
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Oct 23rd, 2019, 12:50 | #9 |
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What size tyres suits these? I need a full set for mine.
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I use 195/65/15 and 205/60/15
The original 165's you can feel them tuck with hard cornering |
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