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Re: Kumho pressures? (Was: What do you think of Kumho tires?)

To: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
Subject: Re: Kumho pressures? (Was: What do you think of Kumho tires?)
From: Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:44:48 -0400
Brian M Kennedy wrote:
> 
> At 04:58 PM 5/24/99 , Jeff Cawthorne wrote:
> >
> >Paul Foster wrote:
> >
> >>Two data points:
> >>
> >>1) If you run them with insufficient pressure the sidewalls will crack.
> >
> >No argument here.  Plus the side tread blocks will wear off and then they
> >will cord very quickly.  I learned this lesson on my first set of Kumho's.
> >Kumho's actually like running really high pressures, I am currently up to 43
> >psi on the front of my Corvette, which is pretty high, but it works, and if
> >I run them any lower they start to scallop quickly.
> 
> Hmmmm.  I am running my Kumhos at 34 cold (38 hot).  Is that too low?
> I was actually thinking of going lower.  What pressures do you all run?

I was running 27 cold! Hehe! I think 34 cold is ok to avoid the sidewall
cracks...

Paul Foster

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