TYRE PRESSURES

The simplest change you can make. Although it won’t solve any fundamental handling issues, nor increase grip, don’t underestimate the effect tyre pressures can have on the balance of a car. By changing the pressures on each axle slightly, you can fine-tune a car to your style. Increasing pressure will, ever so slightly, reduce a tyre’s grip. So putting two or three psi extra into the rear tyres will shift a car’s balance towards oversteer. Doing the same at the front will reduce oversteer. Just be careful not to alter them dramatically – an incorrectly inflated tyre can deform, overheat and could puncture.