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Suspension lifting tire on hard cornering?

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Old 04-12-2010, 07:44 AM
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lifting tire on hard cornering?

just installed alta 19mm rear sway bar. I also have the m7 strut tower brace.

I have the sway bar set to the middle setting.

After taking a really hard right hand corner my tire pressure monitoring light momentarily came on. does this mean that my inside rear tire was off the ground? I was thinking that since the computer sees a change in the speed of the tire due to being off the ground. If this is the case, are there any adverse effects? does this affect the stability control in any way?
 
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Old 04-12-2010, 10:22 AM
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How hard of a right turn are we talking about? Like "hang on to the steering wheel" hard? Autocrossers regularly post action photos of their MINI with a rear wheel off the ground. It's actually a bit of status symbol for them.
 
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Great Success

I think thats the goal, right?
I would call that a Great Success!
 
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Originally Posted by 12magnum
just installed alta 19mm rear sway bar. I also have the m7 strut tower brace.

I have the sway bar set to the middle setting.

After taking a really hard right hand corner my tire pressure monitoring light momentarily came on. does this mean that my inside rear tire was off the ground? I was thinking that since the computer sees a change in the speed of the tire due to being off the ground. If this is the case, are there any adverse effects? does this affect the stability control in any way?
TPMS or DSC? I didn't think the TMPS would go on temporarily. Whenever mine has gone off, I have to reset it with the button (even for a false positive.)
 
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