Phil,
I never underinflate either. I always adjust upward, but make sure the
differential from front to rear is significant.
Mike
In a message dated 7/10/00 5:15:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, pethier@isd.net
writes:
> The fix for FWD cars
> >such as that is extreme differences in tire pressure, very high fronts to
> >relatively low rears to induce oversteer.
>
> Not the way I play it. I know that some folks like to under-inflate the
> rears, but I hate the mushy, rubber-band transitions with this setup. I
> much prefer to OVER-inflate the rears to induce oversteer. This works by
> making the tire patch smaller. It gives much crisper, more-linear
handling.
> Also, since the wear patterns on the rear tires become very different than
> the wear patterns on the front tires, frequent tire rotation extends tire
> life.
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