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I have been auto crossing for 2 years and am interested if anyone else races their TDI? what kind of racing and what car and mods
Where were these races at? Always been interested in autocross and would like to do some in the Golf!Thought I would share a couple pics from racing- did a couple of tracks this year that were tons of fun- I beat an R32 and came a wicker a way from beating a very heavily model mk6 Golf R- It was not a high speed track- lots of turns and about 100 top speed -
Sofar Ive found that "it depends". With the Michelin super sports last year, I slowly kept bumping up the pressure as I got more aggressive to keep the sidewalls from rolling over. Adding the rear sway bar made me change the pressures as well (a bit less overall). I need to check my notes but I believe I was at ~42psi in front by the end of the season. This year I have a set of Bridgestone RE-71R which have significantly stronger sidewalls (and very sticky). I had started out with the same pressures and found the center was getting hot and not the outer edges and so I bumped down to 40psi front, 42PSI rear. Over this last weekend at a very cold/wet HSAX drivers school I was running 38PSI front, 42PSI rear which felt good but I didnt take any temperature readings. Ill try that as my starting point in my next event.Looking to take our 2011 TDI wagon out to AutoX in a couple of weeks, any guidance on what kinds of tire pressures to start with? I'm running 235-45/17s (Pilot AS3+).
More or less. It kinda depended on if it was during a set of runs or if it was after a long break. This year I now have a pyrometer and I'm going to try adjusting pressure based on that feedback.Just to confirm - your pressures are hot, right?