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| Trekkor |
 May 31 2004, 07:28 PM
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I do things...  Group: Members Posts: 7,809 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Napa, Ca Member No.: 1,413 Region Association: Northern California  |
Set the tires to 29 psi cold.
Ran hard. The car understeers a bit and feels a little drifty. A little tail happy, if you will. Added fuel ( front end weight ) and set the Koni's 1 whole turn each from full soft toward firm front and rear. A little better. Came home fast. ( vineyard lap ) Checked tires hot. 32 psi front, 34 psi rear. Your comments, if you please. |
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| grantsfo |
Jun 1 2004, 02:06 PM
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Arrrrhhhh! Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 16-March 03 Member No.: 433 Region Association: None |
I missed your original post. I just installed 205/50/15 Falken Azenis sports on my car as well. I originally started at cold 33 psi. One thing I'm still getting used to is the delay in inital turn in and the floaty feeling compared to my 195/60/15s. I cranked up the presure to 38 psi and floatly feeling went away, but not sure thats going to be the best pressure. I'm having a love hate thing with these tires - grip is awesom, but road feel is strange for me.
Ride height of the 205/50/15 falkens seems about the same as my 195/60/15s. Car doesnt accelerate quite as well with bigger tires, but grip outweighs the slight reduction in acceleration. |
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| seanery |
Jun 1 2004, 02:18 PM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,857 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
how do these compare to Yoko A032Rs? Anyone here use both?
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| MattR |
Jun 1 2004, 02:24 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,279 Joined: 23-January 04 From: SF Bay Area Member No.: 1,589 Region Association: Northern California |
Shouldnt smaller diameter = quicker acceleration? I think so, thats why I make fun of those rollers with 22s.
Has anyone had a significant problem with switching between bycicle tyres (165/1x-15) to 205s in over reving at freeway speeds? I cant remember what the stock size is, but I seem to remember punching it into a tyre calculator and figuring 10.1mph would read 10mph on the gauge. And is there that big of a difference between 205/55 and 205/50 in terms of acceleration vs top speed vs over reving? Here is the link for that tyre compensator calculator thing: http://www.web-cars.com/math/tiresize.html |
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| GaroldShaffer |
Jun 1 2004, 02:26 PM
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You bought another 914? Group: Benefactors Posts: 7,631 Joined: 27-June 03 From: Portage, IN Member No.: 865 Region Association: None 
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I ran my first ever AX back on June 23rd. I had mine set to 30 psi cold with Konis set to full hard on front and full soft rear on my first 2 runs. My lack of driving skils and this combo caused the rear end to break loose on hard turns.
My next 2 runs no tire pressure change but set the koni's to 3 turns past soft on front and full soft on rear. My time got better by 3 seconds. My last 2 runs again no tire pressure change and all koin's set to full soft, dropped another 2 sec of my time (I guess my driving skills improved (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ) Did two fun runs at 34 psi, front koni's 2 turns past soft and the rear 1 turn past soft and had my best time's of the day. So what does this mean????? Nothing , I don't know what the F I'm doing but it was fun. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I think for my next AX I will set the tire pressure to 32 cold, and leave the front koni's set at 2 turns past soft and leave the rear at full soft and learn to drive the car that way. - Garold PS I run 205/50/15 on my car |
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| Part Pricer |
Jun 1 2004, 02:52 PM
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Believe everything I post Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,825 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Danbury, CT Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE Did two fun runs at 34 psi Garold, that's 34 psi hot right? |
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| GaroldShaffer |
Jun 1 2004, 09:23 PM
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You bought another 914? Group: Benefactors Posts: 7,631 Joined: 27-June 03 From: Portage, IN Member No.: 865 Region Association: None
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QUOTE Garold, that's 34 psi hot right? Well, yes and no. The funs runs were done about 25 min after I completed my final offical timed runs. So I guess you could say they were hot. |
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