Tire pressures depend on many factors but a fairly good starting point
is 28lbs all around. The higher you go the firmer and crisper the
handling and ride will be. Raising rear pressures reduce understeer as
it makes the rear firmer and vice versa.
Also tire characteristics play a very important part. What may work for
one brand/style of tires will not always work w/another.
You have to be the decision maker as you know what types of roads you
drive on and what you want the handling characteristics to be. . .
understeer or oversteer, hard or softer.
Be guided by the force.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Miller [mailto:turbospl311@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 10:04 AM
To: KWS711@aol.com
Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Tire Pressure
Kim,
You don't mention what kind of tires. Here a two ways
I ran last year. 2 deg neg camber in front, 1 deg
caster. On street tires (Yokohama 032 Advan) 35 front
28 rear. Set cold at the sight and then not touched
the rest of the day. Allowed back end to come out.
Changed to Kumho V700 R tires. Ran 38 up front and 34
rear. Also added about 100 horsepower to the car. This
worked great. Camber is still 2 neg deg caster is
still 1 deg. These pressures might vary for your
drving style. I tend to be early on the brakes and
early on the power. Car sticks well.
Don Miller
68 V-6 turbo (new Deep Red Paint)
70 2000 waiting
Meridian, ID
--- KWS711@aol.com wrote:
> Can anyone out there reccommend a good starting
> point
> for tire pressure for auto-x. I'll be running
> 185-60-14's with
> comp front springs & swaybar. Also any thoughts on
> front end adjustments (camber, caster, etc.)
>
> Thanks
>
> Kim
> 68 2000 CSP
>
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