[DeTomaso] Tire Pressures

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Wed Jul 31 22:18:46 EDT 2013


A good resource on all this can be found at the Tire Rack.  Start Here:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=196

and click your way through the various topics on tire pressures.
Asa

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
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On 7/31/2013 6:50 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com 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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