Most mass-produced cars built for the street are designed to understeer. This is the safest way for cars to handle for the average driver, because the natural reaction for the general public is to remove their foot from the accelerator and grenade the brake pedal whenever their car starts to get out of shape. This transfers weight to the front of the car, cancelling out some of the understeer. If the car did not understeer initially, pressing the brake would cause snap oversteer, which is much more difficult to control - now you are talking about opposite steering lock and/or steering with the throttle which is way beyond the average driver. A contributing factor to the DeLorean's high speed understeer (and it is there) is the front ride height. The nose up attitude allows air underneath the car at the front, causing lift, lightening it even further. Tacking on extra weight is not the way to go about tuning a suspension. In fact, it's about the worst thing to do because now you have that much more mass you have to turn. The first step for tuning the DeLorean is to get the nose down to reduce front end lift. This will also have a minor effect on the weight distribution of the car. Understeer can be reduced further by running wider tires than stock on the front of the car. You can start playing around with the alignment specifications, but this will require adjustable links up front, a feature that DeLoreans don't have without replacing parts. There are several good books on suspension design and tuning. You can find them at most libraries, Amazon, and some of the bigger Borders or Barnes & Noble book sellers. And I really doubt anyone has done any quantitative testing regarding the bouyancy characteristics of the average motor vehicle. It's hard enough to get automakers to do crash testing. -- Mike > So far I may have the topic set in an akward idea. However, What I > am about to suggest is in idle curiosity. I've heard rumor about > how a DeLorean has a hard time of steering at a high rate of speed > and I am curious. > Daemon Wolf >