It’s winter with low road surface temperatures, but the A052’s heat generation is weak. Even when I touch them by hand, they’re not hot—just lukewarm. Wanting to get them to generate more heat properly, I tested a different air pressure than usual.
Previously, I set them at 180kpa-200kpa cold, and while they felt good for about 3 laps after starting, they often changed to a mushy feeling afterward. This time, I tried starting with the pressure lowered to 150kpa, and it matched well for me—after about 7 laps, the tires had properly heated up, and that mushy, soft feeling never appeared.
During track sessions, I had been setting the damping to the firmest setting, but this time I only changed the air pressure without touching the damping. Going forward, I plan to use this setup as my baseline. Maybe harder isn’t always better.
When I replaced the front calipers, I chose pads with weaker braking force to prevent the front braking from becoming too strong. However, in situations where I needed maximum stopping power on downhill sections, the rear became unstable. It’s a predictable behavior so I don’t panic, but it’s not ideal, so I’d like to try increasing the rear brake effectiveness a bit more.
The ideal is deceleration where the entire car squats down.
Well, maybe that’s actually about rear downforce.
