Tight/pushing explained

[paulkish]

Did you finally give up on one of your obtuse arguments?

That ain't like you at all, you must be getting old and easy going. ...

 

[Kaz Motorsports]

When someone says "my kart is tight" they could have just as easily said "my kart is pushing" and anybody that has raced any time at all would picture, in their head, the same thing. Both terms explain exactly the same handling situation. Regardless of what term you use, in all likelihood, the solution to the problem would be exactly the same. To me, tight means the kart is pushing, pushing means the kart is tight. Absolutely no difference.

Wrong....

 

[CarlsonMotorsports]

Someone, in this thread or another covering this argument, mentioned terms meaning something different in today's vernacular than in yesteryear's...There's some truth to that. I'd suggest that 25-30 years ago, the terms tight, pushing, and understeer were used interchangeably.

Today, "tight" is the opposite of "free." Really different definition of tight than pushing.

I didn't mean to condemn Al, or anyone else, in my questioning his advice in the other thread, just that I don't want to see people get confused -- it's all too easy these days.


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[Ted Hamilton]

I think the term "bound up" is a bit more descriptive than "tight."