On the track, on some of the turns I'm experiencing the inside rear wheel lifting off the ground and I was wondering is this normal? I'm assuming its not good as it'd promote understeering conditions - right? How do I correct this issue.

Suspension:
JIC Magic Coilovers - F11k/R14k
OEM F/R Swaybars
OEM Front Strut Bar
Whiteline RCK
OEM BBS Wheels
OEM Yokohama 245/40/18 Tires
*Hope I didn't forget anything*

 

its called tri pod mode and its all good, nothing bad about it lol

 

Pretty typical. BMW's lift the inside front wheel.

 

What causes it to happen?

 

It's a combination of forward weight transfer (entering corner), your stock swaybars, and your 14k rear springs.

There's a chance that you have the JICs set to have limited rear droop travel. If that's the case, fix it, but, in general, there's not much wrong with lifting the inside rear at entry. Now, if you were lifting the inside front at exit, we'd have something to worry about.

edit: I was explaining your car's behavior at corner entry. What causes the BMWs to lift the inside front is similar, but that's corner exit and they are RWD, so they don't need the inside front at exit; you do.

 

Would getting stickier/wider tires all around help out at all? I'm guessing more mechanical grip would help

 

... and I'm guessing it would make it worse. My car, an 03, barely went into tripod mode on stock Advans with the stock suspension; on 275 Kumhos, it went into it to the tune of 8 inches in some corners.

A stiffer rear swaybar (Hotchkis) and coilovers solved the problem. But if the car is rotating (and having only one tire on the ground on corner entry can actually help that), you might not need to 'fix' it.

 

Wouldn't it promote oversteer?

As you have two front wheels on the ground and only one at the back?

 

Having one less tire on the ground though means one less tire helping with traction...that has to translate to less grip. It only makes logical sense. The cause is easy - stiff suspension. 14K in the rear, geez! Getting grippier, wider tires probably won't fix it. In fact, I think it'd promote it further.

 

I'm pretty sure tri-poding is a sign of a good handeling car. If its not causing you to slide I wouldnt worry. + it does look cool.

 

So what I'm getting from this is getting one wheel up on occasion isn't a big deal?

 

On the Evo 10, lifting the rear wheel will freak out the S-AYC unit as it thinks one wheel has lost traction and it sends power to the wrong wheel. Not good for handling.

Since you are running OEM sway bars, I think it is probably because your spring rate is too high. Lower the rear spring rate and you won't lift.

Edit: For USDM Evo 8/9 without S-AYC lifting the inside rear is not a big deal.

 

its actually not. ideally all wheels must be on the surface. 3 wheels easy to achieve with short travel suspension, and still handling can be bad.

I am sure it is not the case in this time .

but the 3 wheels on the air is sign of short suspension travel or not good balanced suspension nothing else.

 

If you have 3 wheels on the ground rather then 4 then thats 1 tire less without traction so technically its not good however it also means that your chassis is very stiff so your also doing something right.

 

Wow, I'm surprised no one mentioned upgrading the front sway bar yet.