From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 19/8/20 10:23 am, AMuzi wrote:   
   > On 8/18/2020 6:43 PM, thekmanrocks@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> AMuzi:   
   >>   
   >> re: Corvair   
   >>   
   >> The Corvair had a Front/Rear weight difference that   
   >> definitely warranted the big difference between   
   >> recommended front and rear cold tire pressures.   
   >>   
   >> The cars I'm talking about are somewhere in between   
   >> that extreme, and the other: rear- and all-wheel drive   
   >> sports sedans with almost no(less than 55/45) front-rear   
   >> weight bias.  The last time I checked, a typical BMW   
   >> F/R weight split is like 51/49%. Yet recommended   
   >> front/rear pressures differ by 5psi.   
   >>   
   >> My Honda Accord, for example, is F/R: 54/46% axle   
   >> weight split.  Some 'econoboxes' venture toward 60/40,   
   >> yet for the Accord and those cars, a single pressure   
   >> figure, for all tires, is specified on the door frame placard.   
   >>   
   >   
   > And all those have different suspension designs, rates, tire sizes,   
   > front end geometry, body roll or lack thereof and so on.   
   >   
   > You're isolating one very small aspect of 'auto handling' which is a   
   > very large area.   
   >   
   Yep, way too complex an issue to be isolated to one specific aspect. You   
   need to look at the car as an entity - and that would, of necessity, be   
   from an engineering perspective.   
      
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