While what you say is true that different drivers sometimes like things a
little different, I don't think that normally there should be a large
disparity from car to car.
Personally, I prefer the rear end to be a tiny bit loose, however, Annie
Gill and I run her Type R with 36 pounds front and rear on Kumhos with the
big 225/50/15 all the way around. This seems to be against the "norm" of
what all of the other Type R drivers have been doing. They have been
running 225's in the front and 205's in the rear to help oversteer. I think
driving style can make a difference, and I still have no problem with
getting some rear end rotation.
As with any car, if you drive it to fast into a turn, it's most likely going
to understeer. Increasing rear pressures to "compensate" for this will not
help.
Ron Bauer
'98 Integra Type R
Team Butt Heat
ronbauer@aa.net
-----Original Message-----
From: washburn <washburn@dwave.net>
To: Jason Bowles <jbowles@carol.net>
Cc: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: Integra AutoXing
>Jason Bowles wrote:
>>
>> At When I ran Pirelli Pzero Street tyres last year I was running
>> >44front and 48 rear. Hope that gives you a few data points.
>>
>> 48 in the rear???? thats way too high!
>
>The thing I am learning about rear set up, including tire pressures, is
>that it is a matter of personal preference more than anything. You can
>point to the leading car and say "Well he (or she) has XXX set up in the
>rear, so it must be the right way". Doesn't work for all drivers. It
>works for them because they are comfortable with the way it feels, and
>can acurately predict the handling characteristics based on their seat
>time. I've seen two identicle cars with very different rear end set ups
>run almost the same times. It's usually the driver! I often tell new
>comers that there is no single right way to do anything in AX.
>--
>Patrick Washburn <washburn@dwave.net>
>Wausau, WI Land of Cheese
>95 DS Neon
>Moooooooooo.
>
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