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Re: TR-6 tire pressures <Pine.OSF.3.91.950518092645.6891A-100

To: Greg Meboe <meboe@wsunix.wsu.edu>
Subject: Re: TR-6 tire pressures <Pine.OSF.3.91.950518092645.6891A-100000@unicorn.it.wsu.edu>
From: Ken Streeter <streeter@sanders.com>
Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 11:42:41 -0400
Cc: "Himelfarb, Mike" <mike@sdm.ShoppersDrugMart.ca>, Scions of Triumph <triumphs@autox.team.net>, streeter@sanders.com
> 3)  Tires and handling.  The installer set     
>     tire pressure at 32 psi all around but the plate in the glovebox   
>     says 20 psi front and 24 psi rear.  This sounds a bit low, so      
>     should I take TR's word for it or leave it as is?

I don't know if it is the right thing to do, but I increased my tire
pressures by 25%, giving me 25 psi front, and 30 rear.  I haven't done
any experimentation with different pressures, but was told that
increasing pressures in this fashion would improve handling.   My tires
are Michelin Redlines.

--ken

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