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      01-11-2013, 02:25 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by David70 View Post
I don't know if you are right or wrong but just asking to learn something.

In my mind if I go around a corner at 50 mph and the front wheels start to slip but the rears don't, then I increase tire pressure of the rears to reduce their grip, I would expect that now I might have all four tires losing grip around the 50 mph turn. I wouldn't expect the front to now have increased grip.

Seems to me that if I don't do anything to the front's tire pressure, the point that they slip shouldn't change. The overall balance of the car will with the rear tire pressure change.
Not increase rear pressure, but decrease rear pressure by 1 psi. This assumes you are running the correct pressures to begin with.

You can also do these to the car:
-Increase rear sway bar/ or decrease front stiffness
-Increase front tire width
-add a splitter to increase front grip at higher speeds

You can also drive the car differently depending on when it happens in the corners (which depends on the corner, as well as skill and ability)
-trail brake more, sometimes all the way to the apex
-left foot brake through the corner with the gas on the pedal to load the front (really good for very long corners but not easy to master)

Hope this helps.
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