Jeff,
I've always felt that 16 psi was a tad low. Exceeding the max pressure on
the sidewall ain't good either. Tire pressures have been checked on Mogs at
events we have staged. These have varied from below 10 to over 35 psi
(sometimes on the same car). A few spares have read zero! So what's correct?
Split the difference & run low to mid 20s, if you like the ride. I've run in
that range for a decade with no ill effects. A firmer tire rolls better, but
a softer tire gives you a softer ride with those lever shocks. After a
decade & 40k km, we still have the original front tires & luckily haven't
ever had a blow out. Is an under/over inflated tire less forgiving to a nail
or glass than a "correctly" inflated one?
I don't know, but some Mogs have had 4 blow-outs on the same trip! Jeff,
many don't sweat the small stuff. Don't worry....be happy. Drive the car.
That's been our experience. Use that gauge once in awhile. The important
thing is that all four tires are similar, both in pressure & type (and the
spare has some air)!
Cheers,
Fred Kuzyk
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-----Original Message-----
From: William G. Lamb, III <lambroving@worldnet.att.net>
To: Jeff Webster <carfindr@tiac.net>
Cc: Morgans@autox.team.net <Morgans@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, May 09, 1999 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: Avon 5.25 tire pressure
>
>Jeff,
>
> Try 18 PSI cold and drive the car the way you normally would. Take a
>reading when hot, and if you have 21 PSI, you are there. If you only have
>20 PSI, then run it at !7 PSI cold and see if it warms up to 20 PSI when
>you use the car in the normal way. This is an old racer's trick, the idea
>being to warm the tires three PSI from cold to hot to know that you are
>getting optimum performance from your rubber. This trick works well for
>any car or motorcycle regardless of use.
>
> The only exception might be some irregular tyre wear pattern with the
>suspension settings already determined to be correct. You might then
>need to run a pressure which compensates but is not optimum for the
>rubber, which would be unfortunate. A manufacturer would find new
>size and tyre combinations if this were to happen, but your budget
>may not allow such experimentation. 'Hope you won't need to resort
>to it.
>
>Cheers,
>
>William G. Lamb, III
>Land Rover Specialist
>NAS 4.0 Litre Plus 8
>(Which runs 205/55 VR 16's at 22 PSI)
>
>At 09:18 PM 5/9/99 -0400, Jeff Webster wrote:
>>Hi there,
>>What should be the correct tire pressure for Avon 5.25 x16 tires? I think
>>the book says 16-18lbs (Plus up to 6lbs more if racing). I just checked
mine
>>and they all had 35lbs!!!. They were probably inflated by the same clown
who
>>over tightened my rear wheel lug nuts!
>>
>>Many thanks,
>>
>>Jeff
>>
>
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