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<blockquote data-quote="OSFlanker" data-source="post: 51865" data-attributes="member: 12"><p>Guys, correct me if I am wrong, but most road cars are setup to understeer and playing around with the tyre pressure can only do so much. Go in an extra 20kph faster into the same corner and the understeer will probably come back.</p><p></p><p>I am no automotive expert, have not studied physics beyong Form 5 but from what I have read, understeer and oversteer are caused by slip angles. So to cure understeer, shouldn't you tackle the inherent cause of it rather than the tyre pressure/stiffness? i.e. the suspension geometry. Tyre pressure and spring/absorber rating are just tuning after getting the suspension geometry set , is my understanding correct?</p><p></p><p>Read the website below to get the low down on handling (someone from the old forum posted this website before).</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/handling/tech_handling_4.htm#Neutral" target="_blank">http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/h...g_4.htm#Neutral</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OSFlanker, post: 51865, member: 12"] Guys, correct me if I am wrong, but most road cars are setup to understeer and playing around with the tyre pressure can only do so much. Go in an extra 20kph faster into the same corner and the understeer will probably come back. I am no automotive expert, have not studied physics beyong Form 5 but from what I have read, understeer and oversteer are caused by slip angles. So to cure understeer, shouldn't you tackle the inherent cause of it rather than the tyre pressure/stiffness? i.e. the suspension geometry. Tyre pressure and spring/absorber rating are just tuning after getting the suspension geometry set , is my understanding correct? Read the website below to get the low down on handling (someone from the old forum posted this website before). [url=http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/handling/tech_handling_4.htm#Neutral]http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/h...g_4.htm#Neutral[/url] [/QUOTE]
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