FWD 6GC Oversteer?, Why am I experiencing oversteer? Options

[Special_Edy]

So if any of you read my post in the "Today I..." topic you know that I had a mishap on the highway the other day. Well I drove past the skid marks and its quite clear I locked up the back wheels for about 10 feet and then the car went into a spin. Then, yesterday, I took the car along some super twisty country roads and was experiencing oversteer. When I went around a corner at a fair speed, the rear end was swinging out slightly, even with me gassing it out of the turns. Its actually very pleasant getting the rearend out maybe 5°-10°, as our cars are extremely stable and oversteer is WAY better than understeer. It just comes as a suprise to me. Im used to this car understeering as any FWD car is prone to do. My tires are crap but they all have decent tread on them and are properly inflated, and my alignment is slightly off but Ive gotten cars back from the alignment shop worse than it.

So any ideas? Do yall experience oversteer or understeer? I guess I need to start doing some autocross and really get the feel for this vehicle.

[Culpable04]

the only thing I can think of are.

Rear sway bar upgraded ?
or brake system issue where one or both of your rear calipers is seize and thus applying brakes at all time ? GT ? ebrake shoes ? maybe. the only way to force a FWD to oversteer is by playing with the ebrake, so any type of rear wheel braking would make the car do that. I would start there.

This post has been edited by Culpable04: Apr 20, 2012 - 11:33 AM

[Special_Edy]

the only thing I can think of are.

Rear sway bar upgraded ?
or brake system issue where one or both of your rear calipers is seize and thus applying brakes at all time ? GT ? ebrake shoes ? maybe. the only way to force a FWD to oversteer is by playing with the ebrake, so any type of rear wheel braking would make the car do that. I would start there.

I will have to jack it up and see if they are dragging when I get home, but its just like im going around a turn not touching the gas/brake and the rear end scoots out a little bit. Didnt catch me off gaurd but it really surprised me.

That and like I said it actually felt kindof good. Its a little scary when you get the rear end out on a RWD but with the FWD(Which im still mastering, been driving RWD all my life) it was totally stable about it. But its ultimately a loss of traction which is never a good thing, and these were banked curves at 30 to 40mph where as the speed limit is 30 and the suggested speed(yellow sign) is 20. Its not like I was ripping the e brake through a 90° turn. So I dunno, felt super strange and I definately need to get to the bottom of it.