Thread: Tire Pressure?
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Old 09-12-2005, 11:34 AM   #6
limoncello
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Trick question: How do you reduce/eliminate the factory understeer, and get closer to neutral:

a. Set fronts 2 psi higher than rears
b. Set rears 2 psi higher than fronts
c. Increase psi uniformly in all four tires

Reason I ask, I have seen both answers a and b in other forums. Would seem only one could be correct.
June track day: I ran 36/36 cold based on advice that the fronts need more psi for turn in. Wound up about 40/40 hot. You could feel the understeer.
Friday track day: started 34 rear/32 front (cold) and wound up around 40 rear/38 front (hot). Car felt better balanced, but still with some mild understeer. I could get the tail loose if I worked on it. 90 degree day.

Comments:
- Seems to support "b". Wonder where "a" came from?
- Not sure I want to go to oversteer (would get a 911 for that). Neutral is nice.
- R/F 36/32 (cold) works fine on the street.

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