How much? I am running 44 and 40 on my Type R and get a lot of understeer.
It is hard to get the back end to come around.
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From: Mdmtrsport@aol.com [mailto:Mdmtrsport@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 7:11 AM
To: jaker@u.washington.edu; Cccya1@aol.com
Cc: autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: How do you reduce oversteer in a FWD car?
I can't agree with left foot braking on a front driver during turn in. You
are asking too much of the front wheels to brake, turn, accelerate/power at
the same time. Something gets conmpromised.
The easiest cure to reduce FWD oversteer, folks, is to reduce the
differential in tire presures front to rear. In other words: Increase the
rear pressure, or reduce the fronts. This works, and is a known trick to
increase oversteer in FWD, run Front tire pressures way higher than normal
for street. Worked on my CRX years ago, and made the car way too tail happy.
Theory is it stiffens tire side walls some degree, creating a more uniform
contact patch and therefore greater tire adhesion/less adhesion at the
affected ends of the car.
Mike d.
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