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Old 12-14-2009, 11:57 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by CapriRacer View Post
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Tires get a lot of their grip by penetrating the macro texture of the pavement. When pushed to an extreme, the rubber is torn off the tire - with subsequent increases in force. As a result, it is possible to get more than 1g forces.
But wouldn't a tire with higher pressure push more into the road surface, due to there being more pressure per unit area between the tire and the road?

And anyway, if it were dangerous and grip was compromised at higher pressures, wouldn't there be a load of test data to prove it?
Instead all we get is people telling us it's dangerous.

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