[DeTomaso] Tire Pressures

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Don't feel too bad, for an Autocross, the first thing that you do is jack
up the pressures to 50lbs because it does react well and the feedback is
immediate. But it rides like a buckboard and it will kill your tire life.

Live and learn.

Michael Shortt
On Jul 31, 2013 10:01 PM, "Boyd Casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I always thought car car rode a little hard ( especially on New York
> roads) but it still handled great! Even my mechanic who has aPantera and a
> Cobra replica said it's like it's on rails. I have konis with Dennis
> Quellas spring settings, poly graphite bushings, sway bars with sphere ball
> ends, customized upper a- arms from Johnny Woods for max caster and camber
> locks  so I can't wait to see how it drives with softer feeling tires.
> Boyd
>
> On Wednesday, July 31, 2013, wrote:
>
>>
>> In a message dated 7/31/13 17 33 19, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> I am running Nitto NT 05's 335/30R 19 on the rear and I go by what it says
>> on the tire which is 51 PSI
>> on the front Nitto Nt 05's  235/40 R18  50 PSI
>> The NT 05 Street tire NOT the NT 05 Drag Radials which is a D.O.T.
>> compliant competition tire
>>
>>
>> Dude!
>>
>> Those numbers are not the recommended tire pressures, those are the
>> manufacturer's ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM safe pressures.  While perhaps not as
>> dangerous as having underinflated tires, overinflated tires are still not a
>> good thing at all.
>>
>> Plus your car probably rides like a dump truck!
>>
>> I can't tell you specific pressure recommendations, but generally you're
>> probably best in the low 30s somewhere.  My vague recollection is that
>> generally, the larger the tire size, the lower the recommended pressure.
>> Thus very small tires are in the high 30s and huge tires like yours are in
>> the lower 30s or even high 20s.  But don't take that to the bank--get
>> better feedback from others who actually run them.
>>
>> Mike
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