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Tire pressure problem
Jonnydanny

Posted on 07/07/2019 4:55:00 AM PDT by Jonnydanny

Should I increase the front tire pressure more than the rear (front wheel drive) above the recommended pressure to support the weight of the engine?


TOPICS: Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: anotherstupidvanity; automotive; car; newby; noob; noobvanity; pressure; tires; vanity
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To: SnuffaBolshevik

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21 posted on 07/07/2019 5:19:26 AM PDT by Eagles Field
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To: Jonnydanny

22 posted on 07/07/2019 5:21:47 AM PDT by csvset (illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: Jonnydanny

There are several factors involved...

Are you loose or tight entering the corner? Exiting the corner? If loose, lower the tires 5 psi and adjust the wedge a half turn. If tight, do the opposite.

Are you racing on dirt or asphalt or concrete?

Are you running in the Daytona race which has been moved from being run last night to today at 1pm? If so, boy, gonna be a crap shoot hitting on the right set up now being that there hasn’t been many daytime July races run at Daytona, ever. Track is gonna be about 40 ish degrees hotter than it woulda been last night, and slicker than owl dung. I’d say start out 18 psi lower in the front and 24 lower in the back. Only God knows.


23 posted on 07/07/2019 5:22:03 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen
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To: Jonnydanny

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24 posted on 07/07/2019 5:23:28 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: Jonnydanny

President Obama says you should keep all your tires inflated to the maximum possible. Of course, Obama knows as much about automobiles as he knows about pulling economies out of recession or returning them to full employment. In fact, if Obama treated his car the way he treated his country, he would tell you that your tire’s current pressure was the “new normal” and you should “manage the decline” in your car’s performance until it runs out of fuel.

“That air is not coming back,” he might say. Anyone claiming to fix the tire pressure he would say was “waving a magic wand”.

Welcome to Free Republic. In the future, learn to wait at least a month before starting a thread to avoid the quality of responses your inquiry is receiving.


25 posted on 07/07/2019 5:26:30 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Trump is Making the Media Grate Again)
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To: Jonnydanny
"to support the weight of the engine?"

Did change the mounting location of the engine?

Did you change out engine from small black to big block?

26 posted on 07/07/2019 5:27:48 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Jonnydanny
Do not under any circumstances follow the recommendation of the tire manufacturers who have spend untold resources testing and meeting government safety regulations for their tires put on your car.

You MUST diversify by inflating each tire to a different air pressure...or better use a different size tire all around so each size is represented when you drive.

27 posted on 07/07/2019 5:32:09 AM PDT by Popman
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To: Jonnydanny

I used to always run up my tire pressure to the sidewall max (which is always on the high side), you know for gas mileage. Needless to say I never noticed any improvement, but I did notice that I lost handling and that the tires would often develop bubbles and had to be replaced. After 20 years or so, I learned my lesson.


28 posted on 07/07/2019 5:33:31 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Jonnydanny

You signed up today to post this???


29 posted on 07/07/2019 5:33:51 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Deaf Smith
"Did you change out engine from small black to big block?"

Are you racist or fat shaming?

30 posted on 07/07/2019 5:36:22 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: sodpoodle

LOL. I’m moving to Panama so I joined several forums to interact with others who had gone there. One said she had a good time but she couldn’t eat the locally-grown fruits and vegetables because they were not labelled “gluten-free”.


31 posted on 07/07/2019 5:38:39 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Trump is Making the Media Grate Again)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Of course you should. Auto manufacturers often forget that they installed an engine in the car and the recommended tire pressures are for cars without engines.

First you should welcome any new arrivals, then impress the hell out of them with your sarcasm.

32 posted on 07/07/2019 5:39:38 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Jonnydanny

It came with a manual. Those engineers usually know what’s proper.


33 posted on 07/07/2019 5:40:01 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If we get Medicare for all, will we have to show IDs for service?)
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To: certrtwngnut

Not at all. I liked the chalked tire test, but it seems to me that it would be harder to pull off in practice than you might think (cold tires, truly flat uniform surface, uniform quarter inch mark, ...). Inflation level is a trade off between gas mileage, comfort, handling, and tire wear. YMMV.


34 posted on 07/07/2019 5:40:17 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Schumer delenda est.)
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To: Popman

Each tire should be inflated based on how it self-identified that day. A tire may feel like a front tire or a back tire or a spare tire. It is bigoted and hateful to misidentify a tire. Instead, always be sure to use the proper pronoun.


35 posted on 07/07/2019 5:46:15 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Trump is Making the Media Grate Again)
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To: outofsalt

“Should I increase the right side tire pressure more than the left side (left side driver) above the recommended pressure to support the weight of my wife?”


36 posted on 07/07/2019 5:46:27 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Jonnydanny

Ever hear of an Owner’s Manual?


37 posted on 07/07/2019 5:48:31 AM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: Jonnydanny

I nominate this thread for best thread of the day. Thanks for a cheerful start to my day. God bless you and your family.


38 posted on 07/07/2019 5:49:15 AM PDT by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: normbal

And how does that work for variable tire temperatures?


39 posted on 07/07/2019 5:50:04 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Jonnydanny

A lot more air in the rear, that way the car is going down hill........ use the door jam recommended settings.


40 posted on 07/07/2019 5:50:55 AM PDT by Lockbox
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