DANMAS@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 97-08-17 16:26:19 EDT, I (Todd) wrote:
>
> > On a related note, I recently inflated each of my four tires to 36 psi,
> > rather than the 32 front/37 rear I had been using. Oddly enough, this
> > setting seems to have increased oversteer a bit, which is not what I
> > expected. My suspension is completely stock, with the exception of GT
> > springs in the rear.
>
> Reduced traction at the front produces increased understeer, reduced traction
> at the rear produces increased oversteer. And conversely.
This much I already knew...
> If you draw a curve of grip vs tire pressure, you will find that the grip
> goes up fairly fast as you increase pressure, up to the peak value. The grip
> drops off fairly slowly as you increase pressure beyond the peak, or optimum,
> value. Evidently, you have not yet reached that peak at either end.
... but this part I didn't. I had assumed that lower tire pressures
increased grip; don't ask me what twisted brain functions arrived at
this conclusion.
Anyway, I like the change!
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Todd Mullins
Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast
'74 MGB Tourer - even more fun than before
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