Tire Pressure Was: I made it to Milan Dragway Wed.

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 09 1999 - 15:25:10 EDT


On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Michael Clark wrote:
> I can only speak for my truck, but if I run stock pressure they usually go
> up in smoke at the line. I run them down to about 23ish and they hook
> fairly well -- well, I should say "it" hooks, only one tire turns ... open
> diff. If I ran 5 to 10 over the recomended pressure I'd have no chance on
> the line... Also consider how light the rear end of a Dak is. I mean,
> recomended pressure is fine for the front tires, but If I run that in the
> rear my tires start to wear in the middle.

  I normally run my tires at 35psi on the street, but at the track, I
deflate them to 30psi, which does seem to help. If I go down to about
28psi though, my 60' times start to suffer. (235/70 R15 Firestone
Firehawk SS10's)

                                              -Jon-

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