[s-cars] Body roll with new tires
Lee Levitt
lee at wheelman.com
Tue Jun 29 10:50:54 EDT 2004
Tim,
Tires certainly will have different characteristics. However, here's a doh.
Did *you* check the tire pressures?
And by the way, if these Pirellis really have that much roll, I'd take them
back.
Lee
> I just put new Pirelli P Zero Nero's on my 92 S4 today, and
> when I got it back, the car seemed to roll a lot more than it
> used to. With the previous tires (Fulda Extremo's), there
> was almost no body roll at all. Does anyone have any
> experience with the Pirelli's maybe haven a softer sidewall?
> I also got my car aligned at the same time. Beforehand, it
> was 1.5 degrees on both sides. It is now back into spec.
> Could this be the cause of the body roll? It feels as if the
> car is going to oversteer, and a few times even required
> countersteering. Any help is appreciated, Thanks!
>
> Tim Larson
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