[DeTomaso] tire pressure help needed-Jim brings up a GOOD point

[Dave Londry]

No wonder they load 911s up with all the stability electronics now.
dave

michael at michaelshortt.com wrote:
> Higher pressures in the front FOR ME ONLY are there for ride comfort and
> handling, I know that with my hp that I can pretty much correct for any
> under steer using my right foot to induce over steer at will.
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> I found my combination by taking several 90 degree corners ( on track ) at a
> speed where I started to feel the front end slide at about the same time as
> the rear would start to go ( what one would call four wheel drift in an XKE
> ), FOR ME, the key was trying to get both ends to want to break loose at the
> same time and not one before the other at normal throttle ( smooth input ) (
> again, knowing that if I missed that point and the front was going away -
> i.e following inertia instead of steering input, that I had the hp to
> correct / Save my ass / by stomping on the gas.  the main caveat here being
> that if you don't have the hp to correct, you're screwed!
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> Then balancing that with what feels good when you take the car out for ice
> cream with the spousal unit.
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> I learned the hard way on a rear engined car by looping my 911 a the very
> first time I drove it because I wasn't used to having a rear weight basis (
> which taught me another lesson, don't assume that you know how to drive
> everything because you can drive some things really well ), the 911 requires
> an entirely different skill set and feeling for balance, as I recall, I
> learned to cut in earlier and use the rear transference of weight as a great
> blocking tool, but the line was very, very fine as to when a block became a
> slide and any contact with another car in that instance was going to send
> you off course BACKWARDS- which if you're going to hit a tire wall is better
> than hitting it frontwards ( for the driver anyway ), not so much for the
> car.
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> Michael in Savannah
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