on dry pavement its Very hard to get the front or the rear of the car loose at all, handles better than any other car i Ever owned. However in the rain when i turn my wheels the car wont turn. the front just slides... even when i had new tires on there...Is this normal for any FC out there?

 

I wouldnt know, It hasnt rained since the day I got my car back in october.

 

iT'S JUST YOU!

PEACE THE DOG

 

yup just slow down ....oh and dont get the dogg mad because he will bite

 

i have more problems with the rear swinging like an airplane in turburance...

but then i think it has to do with the fact that i have no tread and almost down to steel on my rear tires...

 

Your question is very, very vague.

Were you braking while cornering? accelrating? no throttle? part throttle? How fast were you going?

Stock suspension? Worn shocks?

What tires? What size? How much tread depth is left in them?

 

Coming from a place where it rains like 250 days out of the year I haven't had any problems with the fc in the rain. Unless I go a little to fast around a corner, then its a whole other story

 

byw i am in Seattle.. i can be going 10 mph speeding up as im making a turn and the front wheels lose traction.. Or if im going 25 or so thru some turns. same thing. Feels very Light in the front end. the rear end is well planted though

 

get new tires?

 

Um ok man.maybe you should read the whole thread....

 

what kind of tires do you have? cause performance low profile in the rain is a a no-no mister. you need a good set of all weather tires.

 

Learn to drive!

 

due tol the fc's weight distrabution under acceleration through a corner it is more likley to understeer rather than over steer but that also depends on throttle as well .. but generaly i find that under medium to heavy throttle it tends to understeer

 

there are two major factors here.

#1 is driving style.

light throttle accellaration and then you try to turn and the car will naturally understeer. Weight transfers off of the front tires and they still need to "move" the same amount of mass of car with much less grip, so they slide. I bet you notice that after this happens if you let off the gas, they will quicky regain their grip.

#2 is tire pressures. I run generally about 32-34 PSI in the front tires and 38-40 in the rears, this seems to give the car teh best handling characteristics.

So, check your tire pressures, if it's not them - you know where to look.

 

how warn are your tires? i work at tires plus. drive to georgia and ill sell you some tires. LOL

 

It's likely your driving style, be very smooth with all of your inputs on the steering, brakes, throttle and clutch.

What kind of tires do you have? This makes a big difference, high performance summer tires can grip in the rain quite well, but they often don't work very well when it's not warm out. Some winter tires just don't grip very well at all on dry or wet pavement as they're designed to excel on snow and ice. Some cheap tires are designed for low cost at the expense of everything else and are only good at keeping the wheels off the ground.

 

Sounds like your FRONT tires a) aren't designed to channel water well b) they are worn to the point they don't have channels to channel water c) your tires have too much pressure in them... OR, maybe your foot is a little heavy... now, a good question would be... are you sure the front tires are the ones losing traction? Because if they are... this is like 100% a tire problem... if you're losing traction to your rear tires... a) you have a heavy foot b) you still have a tread/pressure problem in your rear tires.

In either case, be careful and take your time around corners until you sort it out

 

when the nose slides, use the side brake

 

My car will do that around a couple corners in town, but only besause of the brick cross walks, other than that i don't have any problems

 

Never had a problem with it, but I have Proxes T1-S's up front, and they are amazing in the wet.

 

check if your zsway bar links are broken or worn to much then springs and struts

 

Mazda’s are notorious for under steer. Perhaps he just pushes it too hard into the corner causing the front tires to push in a direction "forward" and he wants to turn. The only way to counter this is in suspension tires and your driving technique. Or add HP to induce over steer.

 

You either have shitty tires, or youre going wayy to fast. The only time my car has ever done that is when Im going faster than I should, and it still hardly ever happens.

 

Well, considering hes told us approximately jack **** about suspension, tires, tread depth, etc, this is a pointless thread.

Yanno, it could be as simple as his front tires arent properly inflated for the rain... but we dont know.

 

i had KUMHO Ecsta tires set of 4..tread worn out fast and it was whatever..3 weeks ago i change to HANKOOK tires and im pretty happy with it