Wheel play at highway speeds [Archive] - Cherokee SRT8 Forum

: Wheel play at highway speeds


capitalst
11-09-2006, 11:11 PM
I'v noticed that the wheels gets really loose at high speeds. I guess coming form my 545i that has to controls this. Is there pretty normal to have lot of plap in the wheel? If so what can be done to imporve it?



FYI I raced my girlfriends 06 BMW M3. Lets just say after our two runs to 100mph The jeep closed down shop. SHe didn't even have a chance. No she is planning to hold a new M3 with the v8 so she can trade up next week. I guess at that point SRT will come up with somethink even more crazy, 500hp deal. Oh well time will tell.

AutoMag
11-10-2006, 01:05 AM
I've found that my Jeep doesn't like gross steering input at all when I'm at speed. It's almost like I have to wait and see how it's gonna react to a given road inconsistency before moving the wheel. I typically give it a little time to recover, and then slowly finesse the wheel until I get the line I want. It doesn't like massive corrections at speed, that's for sure. This is directly opposite to that of my Z06, which wants steering corrections RIGHT NOW and is a much tighter drive.

How to improve handling...bigger sway bars, lower it, sticky tires, buy a 'vette :D