Do you have the stock Yokohamas or are you using other tires?

 

when you spin out... you are supposed to put "two feet in" as in brake and clutch at the same time. this prevents damage to the engine from being rotated backwards in the event that you roll back.

 

your car dies usually, due to oil cutting out or something in that area as a safety feature.

that and speed dies, you'll just stall out before you're stopped, if you're in anything above 3rd gear.

 

AYC is a must for all the drivers.

 

I already told everyone that i take responsibilty in the whole ordeal, it most likely was my fault, i was so shaken that i dont really recall anything specific, i know that i wasnt doing anything "stupid" intentionally that caused it. Im on kumho's and it was very dry out, now water. maybe it was just an oil slick that i hit?

 

Aggressive steering inputs with 4 people in the car at 85+ MPH is probably a poor idea. Sounds like you got behind in the steering after making some overly aggressive inputs. An extra 450 lbs of "meat" on board makes a big difference when you are not used to it.

 

Possibly, or coolant . Taking a road/racing drivers course is a nice idea for those who are unfamiliar with high speed handling characteristics of any performance machine. I have read of numerous crashes both in cars and motorcycles in the past few weeks. "The mind is terrible thing to waste" USE IT!

 

i dont think it was the rear locking up that made the car spin.. because i know in my talon i had (91 awd 400+ hehe) i was driving down the road doing about 40 and the transfer case locked up causing the rear to lock up and i did a 360 then came to a stop, after that happen the car wouldnt start, and once the flat bed came and tried to put the car on the bed only the front wheels would roll and the rear didnt... ended up needing a new tranny, transfer case, and rear... but yea... so long story short rear couldnt have locked up in my opion cause car wouldnt have been able to keep rolling afterwards... anyway i say get it checked out, maybe a local mechanic that u know really well and see what he thinks and if its a major problem, get stock parts and go to the dealer...

 

Uh, who told you that? I've spun on a track at higher speeds and when I came to a stop the car was still running. Why? Because I pressed the clutch in and didn't let it stall itself.



This story sounds like a case of the pendulum effect getting out of control.

 

agree take it to the dealer and have it checked asap, and glad ur ok

 

It sounds like you unwittingly did the scandinavian flick when you made the lane change. It sounds like you went hard to the other lane and when you got to the other lane you steered back the other direction, which started a skid. In rally car driving, that is called the scandinavian flick and it is used to shorten a turn and/or tighten a turn.

I'd be interested in hearing the direction of things. Were you making a lane change to the left and the skid began to the left?

I highly doubt it is a mechanical issue. If you go to the dealer, be prepared to be humbled.

If you hear hoof beats, don't think zebras. The most likely explaination is driver error. Much less likely is that it locked up, and then unlocked and allowed you to drive again.

Everyone has done something dumb like that. Just be thankful it didn't crush a fender. I've done stupid things and not been as lucky as you.

 

UPDATE!! so i think i found out wat happened; first of all the CEL was two codes, one for the camshaft sensor and the other the crankshaft sensor, i had em reset and they havent come back on and the car drives perfect. NOW for the news on the car. I checked my tire pressure today.... both of the fronts 36psi, passanger rear 35psi, driver side rear 10psi!!! so i guess it was because of my reaction to the swerving and over steering plus the low tire pressure in the rear that all came together for this to happen. so in the end im just dumb for not keeping an eye on my tire pressure!

 

I consider any speed over 75mph high .... If you don't want to believe it it is driver error then fine. Take your EVO on the racetrack and find out for yourself how stable the car is at higher speeds to sudden flick inputs on the steering wheel. Go ahead and try it at 85mph .... This car doesn't understeer like a Maxima would .... This car isn't a novices car but a drivers car push it to the edge while keeping it under control and it will reward you ...

 

I just don't understand why you would post info like this if you did'nt know what happend to you.

 

By "this car isn't a novices car but a drivers car" are you suggesting that a non-novice would never flick it at 85 to begin with? Or, are you suggecting that a non-novice would know how to stear-out-of the resulting oversteer?

By "push it to the edge while heeping it under control and it will reward you," do you suggest that a flick imput is pushing it BEYOND the edge or NOT keeping it under control?

(Let me say that I have never taken my evo to the track. Also, i've changed lanes quickly at 50 or 60mph and suppose I want to belive that my evo will "take" quick lane changes. Perhaps i'm wrong???)