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Oddly enough, it's in very wet conditions that having low tyre pressures is a real problem.
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Technical Tyre pressures
Oddly enough, it's in very wet conditions that having low tyre pressures is a real problem.
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Do you mean cornering or braking and do you mean standing water?
My Sei is resonable at stoppig in a straight line in damp to resonable amounts of water but miserable at going around corners, when it is not dry. It will lift off on deep puddles. It has about 4mm/5mm of depth front/rear.
If you inflate tires more you tend to reduce the footprint of the tyre, i.e. the amount of time it has so squeegee the water from in front of its track, If it does not squeegee the water then you are floating, and wont get any weight transfer on braking, i.e. there wont be any braking.
Noel
Do you mean cornering or braking and do you mean standing water?
My Sei is resonable at stoppig in a straight line in damp to resonable amounts of water but miserable at going around corners, when it is not dry. It will lift off on deep puddles. It has about 4mm/5mm of depth front/rear.
If you inflate tires more you tend to reduce the footprint of the tyre, i.e. the amount of time it has so squeegee the water from in front of its track, If it does not squeegee the water then you are floating, and wont get any weight transfer on braking, i.e. there wont be any braking.
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Cornering, braking, accelerating or trying to keep the car in a straight line. This is through patchy standing water & the lovely river like ruts that populate the M11 when it's pouring with rain.
Cornering - rosary beads needed in damp/rubber deposits
braking - only a problem in deep standing water
accelerating - slug
trying straight line - no problem except ie/snow when I do get undemanded yaw
This is with the Perrelli P700 OEM types on sporting rims.
I think the cornering problems are weigh distribution and hard rubber.The braking is ok cause of weight distribution, the yaw is I cannot resist trailing throttle.
Noel
braking - only a problem in deep standing water
accelerating - slug
trying straight line - no problem except ie/snow when I do get undemanded yaw
This is with the Perrelli P700 OEM types on sporting rims.
I think the cornering problems are weigh distribution and hard rubber.The braking is ok cause of weight distribution, the yaw is I cannot resist trailing throttle.
Noel
Thing is with 'Tuner' tyres like 195/40R14 Sports Contact is that they tend to be very flexible & need a higher pressure than normal to stabilise them properly. The supple nature of the tyre seems to be there to help counteract hard & harsh suspension setups.
