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Originally Posted by F8L
If you are going to make blanket statements such as the FUD above you should provide us with details and data that proves your point.
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While his justifications are not entirely accurate, he has valid points. Of course you'll likely blow everything I'm about to say off as anecdotal, & if so, that's fine. Just try not to hit me when you lose control of your car...
Having tracked a couple different vehicles, I can speak to how inflation pressure effect handling limits. A common way to induce a bit more neutral handling in cars that are tuned from the factory to understeer is to over inflate the rear tires. This reduces the traction in the rear, making it rotate through turns a bit easier. This is exaggerated (and unpredictably so) on rough surfaces since a really full tire will bounce over those imperfections. (Think of bouncing a volley ball when it is full vs under inflated.)
So, unless you drive on billiard table smooth roads there in Sacramento, be careful with those hyper inflated tires.
I'm certainly not saying to inflate them to 32psi or something, but definitely keep the effects in mind.