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    tire pressure and understeer

    My v10 spyder has more understeer than I care for and I'd like to know if there is an optimum hot tire pressure for spirited street driving that helps mitigate the understeer. Thanks.

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    Re: tire pressure and understeer

    What pressures are you currently running?

    I've found that my V8 likes being at 36 all the way around and I'll add a pound or so to the rear if there's still a push (understeer).

    Still running the Zeros?
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    Re: tire pressure and understeer

    Running 39/36 (hot) on zeros and getting too much understeer

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    Re: tire pressure and understeer

    39 front or rear?
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    Re: tire pressure and understeer

    39 front, 36 rear

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    Re: tire pressure and understeer

    drop the front to 36 and you'll see a huge difference
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    Re: tire pressure and understeer

    Shouldn't 36 be the cold (not hot) tire pressure? For my 08 V8 the cold tire pressure spec is 39f 36r. I run 38f 37r for a bit more neutral handling.
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    Re: tire pressure and understeer

    Tbh, I think that going from 39 to 37 etc will only make a marginal difference.

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    I run 36 rear and 33 fronts on the track for hot tyre pressure


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    Re: tire pressure and understeer

    I don't know how they do it but the Gallardo actually tolerates very odd colors nicely

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