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Originally Posted by Rusty Fixed your typo. What I used to do is when coming out of the turn and starting down the straight. Jerk the steering wheel back and

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Old 07-12-2016, 03:09 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Fixed your typo.

What I used to do is when coming out of the turn and starting down the straight. Jerk the steering wheel back and forth a few times to try and get some fuel back over on the right side. Now I have the RRP, and don't have to worry any more.
Thanks, good catch! I do the same thing, I try to track hard left after a right hairpin and it does help a little...the problem gets worse the lower you go on fuel. That lead me to top off the tank every session, which gets expensive on $10/gal race gas -- not to mention driving home on a nearly full tank of 101.

RRP is the way to go.

BTW, I hear the M4 suffers from fuel starvation under half a tank, though supposedly there's been a fix...
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