[DeTomaso] Tire pressures, alternators

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Thu Aug 16 14:51:21 EDT 2012


That's probably a function proportional to the weight of the right -foot-.

:)
Asa Jay

Quoting "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>:

> I have found that the rears do not wear evenly with the fronts at all.....
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> Michael
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> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:53 PM, David D Fisher <fisher95020 at yahoo.com>wrote:
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>> I bought the car (last year) that way, so I'm not sure why... perhaps
>> rubbing?
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>> I kind of expected to see different pressures front and rear with the
>> width and weight differences.   Anyone have enought miles on their rubber
>> to see if they are wearing evenly?
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>>    *From:* "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
>> *To:* David D Fisher <fisher95020 at yahoo.com>
>> *Cc:* Pantera mailing list <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:58 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [DeTomaso] Tire pressures, alternators
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>> why are the fronts so narrow?
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>> I like 35 all around.  335/35/17 and 245/40/17
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>> I used a 100 amp unit from Summit, it works fine.
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>> Michael Shortt
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>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:42 PM, David D Fisher   
>> <fisher95020 at yahoo.com>wrote:
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>> Now that my car is on the road,  I've got a couple of operating questions
>> for the collective wisdom of this group...
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>> 1) I'm running 17 inch tires  335 35  rear, 215  45 front.   What have
>> folks settled on as optimal tire pressures?
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>> 2) I'm looking for a replacement alternator?   With the A/C, cooling fans,
>> and lights on,  mine cant keep up.  Truthfully,  it doesnt charge at all
>> unitl about 1500 rpm and then kicks out 75 amps, but if you are idling
>> around from stoplight to stoplight the battery is just draining.   I dont
>> see a regulator anywhere on the car, so I assume this alternator has it
>> built in.
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>> David
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