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05-17-2018, 02:44 PM | #31 |
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Re: Front tire pressure adjustments
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damn! never thought of that! I gotta try it
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would it be any different if it was 5lbs of lead in a shoe?
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Re: Front tire pressure adjustments
I would think there is grounds to consider that the whole front tire pressure affecting RT's might be somewhat of an urban legend. As a test, I put my car on a flat floor in the shop and put a 3" block in front and behind the front tire at the 40PSI that I normally run and measured the distance between the blocks. I then started lowering the pressure in increments and remeasured the distance. I got all the way down to 15 PSI (which I thought was probably an unsafe pressure to actually race at) and the distance between the block had barely changed. Maybe the 3" height wasn't quite right but it has to be pretty close to the correct height for the photocell. Based on that, I kind of wonder if the real life change in RT is in the drivers head and not a result of the rollout. If you doubt my test, try it yourself.
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05-18-2018, 06:08 PM | #35 |
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Re: Front tire pressure adjustments
Someone has a detailed mathematical analysis of this online that reached the same conclusion. I think you need to focus on other parameters rather than tire pressure.
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05-18-2018, 09:42 PM | #36 |
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Re: Front tire pressure adjustments
A brake pressure switch will work for some, not for others. When I tried one on my Skyhawk, I found out I don't pull my foot up consistently off the brake pedal. Way too much variable with reaction times, went back to button in pedal. Was between .008 and .036 in six runs today testing.
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Trust me from 40-17 works. It's worth about .012-.015
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05-19-2018, 09:10 AM | #38 |
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yep -- it does work ---not sure how much on everyone's car but on 3 specific cars I have seen it will slow down the reaction time--- not going to give you any numbers but it did change the RT
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Re: Front tire pressure adjustments
I would make sure that 17 psi tire was on the inside at the turn off.
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Re: Front tire pressure adjustments
Was told to do this many many years ago by Tony Cowell.
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