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Re: [Fot] Racing tire pressure

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Subject: Re: [Fot] Racing tire pressure
From: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:15:22 -0500
I run about 10 psi lower with the speedsters, and have the rears a 
pound or two lower than the front - with my sideways car, they end up 
close at the end of the race.  But, this is in a solid axle car with 
0 rear camber.

- Tony

At 09:50 AM 10/21/2007, BOB KRAMER wrote:
>I'm still early in learning how best to set up my TR4A but I have found that
>30 front and 31.5 rear works OK with Hoosier Speedsters on my car. I started
>our 30 all across and gradually upped the rears. Without the lower front
>pressures turn in was too light. I had the car weighed the last time out and
>I'm going to do some adjustments so my pressures may be meaningless to
>someone else.
>
>Bob Kramer
>rkramer3@austin.rr.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "jim hearn" <jimhearn1@comcast.net>
>To: <fot@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:43 PM
>Subject: [Fot] Racing tire pressure
>
>
> > It seems like for most cars the tire pressure is best a little higher on
> > the
> > front than the rear (i.e. 32 front and 28 rear) but factory recommended
> > air
> > pressure for the TR6 is for the street 22 front and 26 rear and for "high
> > speed" it is 28 front and 32 rear.  Does this (more pressure in the rear
> > than the front) prove out to be the most effective set up for the TR6 with
> > race tires?  Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Jim Hearn
> > Sacramento, CA
> > Two '74 TR6s (one street and one track)
> >
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