Reducing Understeer

[mas]

anything that can be done to help reduce it, i have brand new tyres on, still understeering...bearing in mind my car is extremely low which probably doesnt help it out handling wise, but i have avo coilovers coming tommorow, and koni rear shocks so that should help...

what tyre pressures are best to run on 175/50/13 tyres?

thanks

 

[clowo16v]

Raise the front tyre pressure and drop the back. Try something like 32psi in the front and 26psi in the back. Stiffen the rear shocks.

Matt

 

[mas]

weet, well the rears are gona be stiff when i fit them tommorow,i will lower the tyre pressures when i get out of work, the front are currently 32psi, i will drop the rears more as i think they are at about 30psi

 

[Remedi]

RWD conversion? lol

Raise the rear up a bit, maybe 60mm at front and 50mm on the rear.

 

[Andy_J]

a more aggresssive camber at the front?

 

[Batman]

i thought it was reduce it at the front and more in the back making the tyres harder at the back and making front tyres more soft?

 

[edde]

Run a bit more front camber upto say minus 1.6 degrees.

 

[MarkCup]

Harder pressures on the front mean less grip, lower pressures on the back mean more grip = even more understeer.

I agree with Batman - do it the other way round.

 

[donsrno1]

yup, I was going to say that batman. My 1.4 was always a total b**ch for understeer in the wet, but usually not too bad in the dry. What tyred you have can make a big difference. When I had the 15's on with s**t tyres the understeer was much worse in the wet than with the 13's.

 

[Millsy]

yeah agree with batman. if you raise the front pressure more than the rear then we'll see you in a ditch mate!