Hi,

I am new to FDs, new to rear wheel and new to stick. I have a few questions to help me mitiigate my recipe for disaster:

1) At what level should oil pressure be at neutral, mid throttle and full throttle?
2) Are there any books you could suggest to help me understand the dynamics and techniques of driving the FD safely (then effectively).
3) How do Yokohama ES100s perform in the rain?

I have driven the car lightly because I am trying to get proficient in the basics of stick. I have been warned not to hit 4500 rpm (second turbo) during a turn. Having forgotten that for a moment of stupidity I experienced that today (car got sideways).....and hopefully never again. I counter-steered out of that ok. I am not sure if this is a good instinct or not, but thats what was ingrained into me from driving many years in the snow in other cars.

As a frame of reference, I was most recently driving an 2000 auto celica (FWD and a lot less power) before I got the FD.

Thanks in advance for you suggestions and answers.

 

1. 30 psi at idle, 50+ psi at 3k rpm, nearing 120 psi at redline -- throttle position has nothing to do with it

2. https://www.rx7club.com/suspension-wheels-tires-brakes-20/suspension-handling-links-180080/

3. They are mediocre tires, you can do quite a bit better for not much more money.

You can most certainly get on the throttle hard coming out of a turn, you just have to know how to drive properly (I've done a nice 135-deg spin at the auto-x getting caught out by the transition myself -- but that was from poor driving).

 

Yes, you did the right thing. You turned into a skid, or in this case, some tail out oversteer.
So, if you're going around a right hand curve and your tail starts to rotate too much to the outside of the curve you turn a bit to the left to bring the car back in line.

Snowy roads are a great way to learn how a car handles at the limit because the limit of traction occurs at much lower speeds.

As the previous poster wrote, you'll be able to accelerate coming out of a turn. The whole idea of the sequential turbo system is to make the rise in power output as linear and as smooth as possible. Of course it isn't perfectly linear, but with practice to develop a smooth technique with the throttle you'll be able to master it.
One of my favorite things to do when someone is close on my bumper is to lose them in the turn. Speed up as you hit the apex, then look in the mirror as they struggle to make the turn and close the growing gap at the same time. It can be very funny.