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Old 18-03-12, 01:29 PM
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I have tha Avons on it.
Here on Islafnd, the roundabouts have a camber that slopes out. Sound crazy, it is craxy, but done so the water runs off during the trop. rains.
When I had 30 PSI on them, when I went arond thr roundabouts, the car understeered hugely. It fnelt almost like when you have a flat.
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Old 18-03-12, 04:58 PM
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I have tha Avons on it.
Here on Islafnd, the roundabouts have a camber that slopes out. Sound crazy, it is craxy, but done so the water runs off during the trop. rains.
When I had 30 PSI on them, when I went arond thr roundabouts, the car understeered hugely. It fnelt almost like when you have a flat.
That doesn't sound right at all, I wonder if the front geometry needs reseting? I recall driving a 409 that had been refurbished by the owner, who was particularly pleased with the money he saved rebuilding the front suspension himself. It had more understeer than a piano.

That said I would imagine that a severe adverse camber would cause understeer, particularly on soft settings.

I have accidentally run lower pressures before and the softer settings do improve comfort a little but don't help cornering

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