jeffs82z28

How can I reduce the oversteer in my 82 Z-28 on hard quick turns. (I.E. fast cornering in town)? I have found that if I go into the corner under power it is less likely to break loose than if I try to coast through it. BUT I still can't go through the turn as fast as I think the car should be able to. It is like the front tires are super sticky and the rear tires are bald and skinny to boot.
Would a larger sway bar help to settle the rear end down?
Freeway turns aren't too bad, but it is unsettleing to know that the rear end will start to come around with very little warning.
I have 235-60-15 cooper cobra gt tires and they are nearly new.
and the shocks, struts, bushings and alignment are all reasonably fresh.
I am thinking about making a steel plate to put in the well so as to have some more weight in the back of the car. I figure 35-50 lbs. would probably help.
This is the first third gen car I've owned, (I traded a chevy 1/2 ton 4x4 for it around Christmas. Merry Christmas to me ) and I love driving it, but I want to make it more stable in the cornering department.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated:hail:

Eightyninef

take off the rear sway bar.

MikeS

I haven't done it on my car, but wouldn't upgrading the rear suspension help? I'm not sure what else to suggest. I know my 87 Trans Am handles pretty well. The only times I have problems like that are if the roads are wet or uneven/poor condition.

82camaro

It needs to be stiffer in the front or less stiff in the rear. Bigger front sway bar or smaller rear bar. Poly sway bar bushings in the front stock in the rear. Stiffer springs in the front, softer in the rear. More weight in the rear, less weight in the front. Verify the tire pressure is OK in the rear--32 should be plenty since it's lighter in the back, the front should have a little more pressure since it's heavier.

jeffs82z28

Thanks for the response guys.
I have read on the globalwest site that the rear suspension needs to be softer, but I wanted to get input from other sources.
I'm running 35psi in all four tires, I think i'll lower the pressure to 32psi in the rears to start.
My car has blue sway bar bushings in the back, do you know if stock bushings were that color? I've heard that GM used different color bushings.
I'll do this one step at a time and eventually my Z will handle to its maximum potential.

ChillPhatCat

Just a thought, you will find through further investigation that the fastest cornering will involve throttle steering where you control how much the rear swings out. Brake in and power out... just keep the rear under your control, that is the key.