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May 6, 2004 | 10:54 AM

#16

ish

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Car Info: 2009 wrx & 2000 4runner

when i was saying to go high, i was only refering to the re-92s, other tires require different pressures. what i found with the re-92s was that having a lower pressure (aka, the recommended pressure) handling of the car was sloppy. only way to make it better was to run higher pressures

May 6, 2004 | 11:16 AM

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Luke@tirerack

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air pressure needs are related to the car not the tire ..... run the car's recommended pressure and if you want better steering response add a few psi to the front ..... having higher pressure in the front than the rear will reduce understeer

May 7, 2004 | 11:30 PM

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kellygnsd

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Originally Posted by Luke@tirerack

Wouldn't running more pressure up front take away from your front tire traction and lead to more understeer. Everyone I've talked to at local track events says the opposite. It is also comparable to adjusting dampening to combat understeer. To achieve more oversteer you use a higher dampening rate in the rear than the front which effectively takes away rear traction when the tire skips.

Last edited by kellygnsd; May 7, 2004 at 11:34 PM.