Re: [T3] Steering Question

["James Altemus" <jaltemus@snet.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Maybe he has the number reversed?

Jimbo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Steering Question


> On 29 Apr 2002, at 22:33, Simon Glen wrote:
>
> > A few years ago I had a totally standard unmodified 1970 Type36 Variant
> > or squareback (with constant camber CV-joint rear - so called IRS).  A
well-
> > known motor racing identity here took this car for a test drive on the
then
> > Australian Grand Prix circuit.  I sat in the passenger seat.  After the
first
> > lap, he stopped and we changed the 165x15 Michelin tyre pressures from
> > 19front/28rear to 32front/28rear.  I was astounded at the
transformation.
>
> It's really hard to argue from a distance about a claimed experience, and
I
> have no reason to doubt your honesty, but I can't understand how
> overinflating the front tires, leaving them with a greatly reduced road
contact
> footprint could lead to oversteer. If anything, I would expect it to lead
in the
> opposite direction, allowing the front wheels to slide out quickly, or
> understeer.
>
> I agree that a bit of oversteer makes for a much more responsive drive.
>
> The complaint that I most often hear is that with overinflated front
tires, the
> car is just hard to keep going in a straight line. It is often described
as
> "bouncing all over the road." While this may sound like "oversteer," I
think it
> also points to a kind of uncontrollability which is undesirable. There is
a good
> chance that this is less noticable in spirited driving with lots of turns.
It's
> certainly true that the complaints come from people who are trying to
drive
> straight down the highway.
>
> -
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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