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

Tue Feb 10 16:00:40 EST 2009

Stock 1971 wheels, 7's and 8's with tires sizes to be sent to you later, but
bigger than what you listed.

The problem was the massive ( to me anyway ) sidewalls, I was not used
to them and with some practice
I'm sure they could be safe, but at lower speeds, slower cornering entry and
exit and everything else that I wouldn't want to give up.

Michael in Savannah

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se> wrote:

> 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>
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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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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