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Re: Poor, poor tires..

To: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Subject: Re: Poor, poor tires..
From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 19:52:05 -0700 (PDT)
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Mark J. Andy wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> What sorta alignment are you running?  Can Hondas change front camber
> legally in stock?  Those pressures sound a little high, but the sidewal
> rollover is the main thing to watch.  You want them to rollover a bit, but
> not too much.  Show them to an experienced person at the next event maybe?
>
> You're probably, like some other folks have said, overdriving the front of
> the car.  At least a couple things to watch for here.  One is "slow in,
> fast out" like other folks have said.  Another that I've seen a lot of is
> that when the front tires start to slide, you have to unwind the steering
> to let them hook back up and grip again.  The natural tendency is to keep
> the wheel cranked over, scrubbing rubber off onto the pavement.  As a
> bonus, you'll be faster when you start unwinding the wheel as well! :-)
> It doesn't matter where you are in the corner.  If the car is pushing, you
> have to unwind the wheel until it grips again, then feed in more steering,
> etc.

As a data point, I ran my Miata's AVSis at 39/36 on a concrete surface,
after coming down from a 45/42 start.  I have no idea what are "correct"
pressures, but didn't see excess rollover and was reasonably fast
considering it was my first time in the car.

KeS

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