Originally posted by 00R101
1) The tire wear is not having much effect on grip.
2) You mention that your rear tires have too much grip - WRONG - Your fronts don't have enough. Never, never wish for less grip anywhere. Wish for more balance
3) Judging by the wear, the large differential in hot pressures, and your admittedly limited experience autoxing, I humbly suggest that the problem is not entirely with the car. Please try to drive slower into corners. Most novices complain about understeer when the problem is overdriving.
4) Get an experienced driver to ride with you. He can determmine if you are driving too hard.
5) Get an experienced driver to drive your car (like the guy in the other BMW) He will be able to tell you if the car is a pushing pig or not.
Good luck - Alan
I've actually tried going into the corner about 5-8mph slower. It was fine for the initial turnin but once I started applying a bit of throttle after the apex the car started to understeer again. The only way I could reduce prevent it was to get off the gas completely to transfer weight to the front and/or unwinding the wheel.
I've had a national level driver try out my car but that was before the new shocks and camber so I'll need to ask him to drive my car again and see. At that time he told me the car has a tendency to understeer in mid corners and that I would probably benefit from a larger front sway bars.
but at the same time i'm going to try the slow (er) in fast out approach again and slow the entry speed even more.