LAC: Wow! Tire Pressure!

[Alex Kowalski]

It would be interesting to hear some informed opinion on this.  I
essentially treat my 5KCSTQ as a front-engine/front-drive vehicle because of
its imbalanced weight distribution.  There's a lot more weight over the
front tires, and that's why I've inflated mine a little more than the rear
tires, my armchair theory being that the front tires have to convey much
more force than the rear tires in cornering situations.  I was worried that
if I inflated the rears to a higher pressure than the fronts, I would change
the handling balance of the car toward oversteer without any net gain in
cornering ability -- i.e., the car would become more "twitchy" with no real
net gain, especially in the rain.

But someone correct me if I'm wrong.

On 7/31/06, Jason Kohls <jasonkohls at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can anybody confirm these numbers?  I've heard the contrary (higher
> pressure rear == less understeer):
>
> http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=58
>
>