Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
Yeah the reason for this is if you notice most passenger cars come with specific air pressures to keep the public from killing themselves. This "basic" pressure will cause most cars to understeer, which is safer than oversteer. To correct understeer you just slow down more or turn the steering wheel more straight OR add a little more brake.
To correct oversteer in a FWD car you need to get back on the gas pedal, which most people do the opposite and get on the brake, which makes you oversteer FASTER.
Hondas (in stock form) like pressures to be biased by about 5psi (front to back). So if you are running 45 front you should run 40 OR 50 psi rear. Going down in pressures will get the car to rotate slower (easier for novices to catch). Higher pressures in the rear will rotate the car faster sometimes even snap oversteer, which if you are not ready to catch will nip you in the butt.
Like I was telling you I was really scared to run to 45 given its the max of my tires. Though it was comforting when you told me for short bursts its ok. I will definately go up to 45 front 40 back next year.
I figured out the gas to get out of an oversteer my first event and it was the hard way too.
