website wih advice on oversteer/understeer

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website wih advice on oversteer/understeer

Post by garyinwestoz »

found this web site on suspension tuning
what do you reckon?

http://www.rallylights.net/useful_info/ ... tuning.htm
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i think they are wrong about the tire pressure part. i found that lower pressure up front and higher in the rear decreases understeer. evrything else they state is pretty much true.
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I think aspect ratio was about the only thing I saw that seemed backwards. Pretty good guide.
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