[DeTomaso] tire pressure help needed-Jim brings up a GOOD point

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Where those wheels 8"+10" with 225/50 and 285/50 tires or 7"+8" with 185/70 and 215/70 tires (or something else)?

Tomas

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From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
To: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] tire pressure help needed-Jim brings up a GOOD point


> Absolutely!
> 
> I can also relay another story of my own that happened in 2007.
> 
> I decided to do better in the Hilton Head Island Concourse event that I
> would put on the original, freshly refinished and newly stickered Campys on
> the car for the show,
> I also decided to drive it over there with those tires/wheels on the car.
> 
> I about crapped my pants!  the car was a handful to drive, wallowed all over
> the place, would not hook up, I about drove it into a ditch, it was in a
> word, scary!
> 
> 
> With my 245-40-17 and 335-35-17 tires, it's a freaking go cart, drives like
> it is on rails, I can make it do about anything I want, but on those
> original sized wheels and tires,
> I sat up straight and drove like Grandma going to church, they will never
> see the pavement again unless it's for a show and unless they can be changed
> when I get there.
> 
> Michael in Savannah
> 
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> 
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:12 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> In a message dated 2/10/09 10:15:25 AM, kmaguire at landrovermiramar.comwrites:
>>
>> > I cannot understand what the DeTomaso logic is for putting more pressure
>> in
>> > the front tires vs. the rear since the car is also mid engine.
>> >
>> IMHO the most treacherous sportscar ever sold to an unsuspecting public was
>> the original 911 Turbo; most were crashed backwards into immovable objects.
>> But
>> after 40+ years of development, they handle quite well.   Likewise, don't
>> draw too many conclusions from OEM Panteras that originally ran 185-70
>> belted-bias tires in front and 215-70s in the rear.   Nowadays, with giant
>> radials
>> common and aftermarket -everything suspensions, tire pressures are a
>> fine-tuning
>> tool. To further confuse things, belted bias tires 'tune' by reducing
>> pressures
>> while radials tune by increasing pressures. But it all assumes the car is
>> already balanced, has decent tires, good shocks and the proper swaybars.
>> See the
>> article in the POCA News, taken from a recent Grassroots Motorsports
>> magazine,
>> on the effect of tire pressures on handling. Cheers- J Deryke
>>
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