Can someone help me with a suspension problem?

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So, I love my 1966 Shelby Cobra, but it has a terrible tendency to spin out, A LOT.
When I brake, the back end comes out, and when I corner, the car wants to just power slide everywhere. and spin out.
I'm not a great suspension buff so if anyone could help me out with this problem and maybe give me a run-down of the settings that would make the car handle nicely around corners without power sliding everywhere I would be in love with you forever.

-Jake
 
Check the pinned topics, theres one which explains everything related to tuning, I can't link you it since I'm on my phone but it's a great help :)
 
Well I was hoping maybe someone else had this problem and fixed it and could just give me a run-down of the specs for the suspension specific to the Cobra.
 
Jakebrgr
So, I love my 1966 Shelby Cobra, but it has a terrible tendency to spin out, A LOT.
When I brake, the back end comes out, and when I corner, the car wants to just power slide everywhere. and spin out.
I'm not a great suspension buff so if anyone could help me out with this problem and maybe give me a run-down of the settings that would make the car handle nicely around corners without power sliding everywhere I would be in love with you forever.

-Jake
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Well, it's a Cobra. Which is equal to a 500hp horse and kart in terms of cornering. And it's extremely light for the power it has, so oversteer of that sort is almost definitely to be expected. I've not touched my Cobra for a good year now, but I'd say you should lower the LSD Accel (assuming you've bought one) to half it's current value to begin with.

And then maybe stiffen (raise) the rear spring rates, add more positive rear toe and…err…maybe lower damper settings…though I'm not sure about that. And braking issue? Lower the rear brake balance. :p

TL;DR version:

Go here. Search Cobra. Find Tune. Use Tune. 👍
 

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