I may be playing devils advocate here but what is suitable for the track is not necessarily good for a road car. Simon you say the 205/225 setup induces under-steer, but does it really in practice? As I've said before if its there its very, very subtle, your probably just as likely to dial it out by upping front tyre pressures or adjusting camber, than by adding more expensive and heavier front tyres.
Lets not forget the 968CS ran 225/255 front rear and was still voted the best handling car by several motoring journalists at the time and is still used as an effective track (and race) weapon with the same setup.
In my limited (but practical) experience its always been the rear end that breaks out under cornering, ok probably induced by putting power on too early but the front of the car has never felt lacking in grip for me (and before ed says so yes I was going fast enough[
]) quite the opposite in fact, and thats on track, I certainly dont ever see myself pushing hard enough on the road to induce any understeer, its barely there.
As ed has already said in the past there are arguments for both sides over on rennlist, but I feel that a lot of it is assumption that 'if a race car has it then it must be best for me', not sure if it translates equally well to the road and surely thats why Porsche still do it with most of the current models, even the balanced ones.
Edd
