super hicas?

[s13ofdoom]

yo i found a 92 se hatch super hicas, what is hicas exactly and i've heard that hicas makes it hard to drop a sr20det in is that true? thanks

[SeVa-S13]

[s13ofdoom]

haha um doesn't help what super hicas mean awd steering? lsd? and is 4ws good for wanna be drifter me?

[SeVa-S13]

Lazy kids these days.... HIgh Capacity Active Steering (or something like that) All-wheel steering. They also have ABS and VLSDs. HICAS is normally not a good thing, especially for drifting and Autocrossing.

[C-Kwik]

To clarify, don't think of HICAS as 4WS. The rears make only slight movements. I think of it more like an active rear toe. At certain speeds and higher, when you turn, the rear wheels intially point towards the outside of the turn slightly to provide quicker turn in. Then it quickly transitions to point into the turn slightly to provide more stability. Much the same way making toe changes to the rear of any car does the same thing.

I won't say HICAS is good or bad. And I'd take anyone's opinion of it with a grain of salt, especially if they've never driven both a HICAS equipped model and one without under similar conditions. As a note, Don Nimi of PDM Racing did quite well for himself in the Vancouver autocross circuit and he has a HICAS-equipped S13.

[s13ofdoom]

thanks!

[wickedpelf]

this is coming form someone who has SUPER HICAS on my car...it helps! it has saved my a$$ more than a few times...roads where damp and i took a turn a bit to quit back end started to slide out hicas took over and i was running streight again...it kinds sucks if u want to donuts though u can only spin 180degrees

[s13ofdoom]

ah ic i got a good idea what it is now but that car must be long gone by now so.. but thanks!