LAC: Wow! Tire Pressure!

[LL - NY]

IF you're driving at 10/10ths, the smaller rear contact patch by raising
rear pressures
will reduce understeer, assuming the front is well hooked up. Below those
levels, I'd
agree more with the TireRack's suggestions. It also seems to depend upon the
car,
and the activity (track days vs. autocross) but the TireRack's suggestions
make for
a really good start point. FWIW, for the Saabaru in autocross, my set-up was
38 front, 48 rear.
Front hooks up, read does what it wants, throttle stays down through turns.
I'd NEVER
drive like that on the street, 'cuz if you lose it, ALL is lost. Heck, I
wouldn't do track days
like this either for the very same reason. I haven't tried this with the UrS
yet either. It doesn't
hurt to have a little understeer in the higher speed stuff. I don't know why
the TireRack site
doesn't mention AWD set-ups.

LL - NY

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
>
> On 7/31/06, SuffolkD at aol.com <SuffolkD at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sweet!
> > -Scott
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/31/2006 11:27:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > ekellock at gmail.com writes:
> >
> >
> > Except that the max rating on the tire is clearly defined as max cold
> > pressure.
> >
> >
> >
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