Car is pulling with new PS2

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Jul 29, 2004 | 12:25 PM
  #1  
Car is pulling to right after the new PS2 went on.
Checked tire pressures.
Do I need realignment?
Didn't pull before new tires.

Wonder if swapping left-right will help.

I'm also feeling more understeer than with old pzeros now.
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Jul 29, 2004 | 02:44 PM
  #2  
Hmmm were the balanced correctly and/or did one of the weights come off? Sure, if they're new try swapping them and see if it pulls the other way... I know PS2s are way grippier than the Pzerors and I'm not sure if you changed your alignment either? I take it you kept stock sizes too?
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Jul 29, 2004 | 08:43 PM
  #3  
It may be tramlining. Make sure the road you test them on is perfectly flat with no ruts. Some tires tend to follow ruts in the road and pull the car that way. Also try the far left lane and see if it pulls left.
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Jul 29, 2004 | 08:56 PM
  #4  
Remember that new tires take a while to come to full grip... any tire will be somewhat slippery for the first 500 miles or so.
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Jul 29, 2004 | 09:17 PM
  #5  
Quote:
Originally posted by Periokid
It may be tramlining. Make sure the road you test them on is perfectly flat with no ruts. Some tires tend to follow ruts in the road and pull the car that way. Also try the far left lane and see if it pulls left.
The PS2 should not tramline. That's one of the reasons they are not as directional as the last version. A directional tire will tramline on accasion, an asymetrical tire should not....

As far as understeer, remember your last tires were more worn and you were getting less "squirm" from the treadblocks. A full tread depth tire will understeer slightly more than a worn one. Plus the tire still has mold-release on it. Re-evaluate after about 350 miles and see if they feel better. They should.
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Jul 30, 2004 | 01:24 AM
  #6  
kept stock size and no change in alignment.
~350 miles so far. pulls on smooth flat road on left or middle/right lane.
i'll try flipping and see if it pulls the other way.
i assume all i need to flip are the front ones?
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Jul 30, 2004 | 01:25 AM
  #7  
Dumb question but are you sure your tire pressures are all correct i.e. left vs right
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Jul 30, 2004 | 01:28 AM
  #8  
first thing i checked were pressures
the installer had all the wrong pressures and uneven left-right.

i put in the default 36/44.
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Jul 30, 2004 | 02:10 AM
  #9  
Try lowering your pressures to 33/39 cold... should help understeer
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Jul 30, 2004 | 04:43 AM
  #10  
Not that it helps but I just recently put on PS2s and the car drives straight as an arrow. We did do an alignment just for kicks. Maybe yours is slightly out of wack and the new rubber and/or wider tires etc. are making it more noticeable?
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Jul 30, 2004 | 01:53 PM
  #11  
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Originally posted by MetalSolid
Try lowering your pressures to 33/39 cold... should help understeer
I set it to 36.5/39 cold. That cured the understeer.
Now the car is handling beautifully around corners. Nice and neutral. I can attack with confidence.

The slight pull is still there, even when I drive on the wrong side of the street. Will get an alignment. It's been a long time anyways.
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Jul 30, 2004 | 04:47 PM
  #12  
Make sure your corner balance is 50/50 diagonally and that your caster is exactly the same side to side for starters
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