Re: O/T-Can I ask about car tires/pressures

Posted by Mel in SW Iowa on March 01, 2009 at 07:14:49 from (75.104.160.56):

In Reply to: O/T-Can I ask about car tires/pressures posted by Pappy on February 28, 2009 at 19:29:36:

Doorpost and Operators Manual recommendations are
compromises for undocumented reasons. I believe Max inflation imprinted on the tire is a better
guide.

I have had the best results in fuel economy and tire wear using an IR temp gun to scan across the tire surface and adjust tire pressure to achieve a uniform temp across the tread after a half hour of operation. It often requires added pressures on loaded vehicles and ocassionally lowered pressures on empty vehicles.

Starting with Max pressure at the max load on the
tire sidewall and adjusting to the same proportional pressure per actual load seems to be
a good place to start rather than the pressures
for unlisted variables that are on the door post.

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