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Re: Tire pressures & safety (fwd)

To: dcouncil@imt.net
Subject: Re: Tire pressures & safety (fwd)
From: "U. Goettsch" <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:46:01 -0800 (PST)
Don't bias-ply tires require a lower pressure tham radials?
If this is so, some of our older cars need a little more pressure than 
indicated in the owners manual...
But definitely not 40psi, and probably not even 30.

Ulix
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 On Wed, 22 Nov 1995 dcouncil@imt.net wrote:

> >
> >
> >     Here's a copy of an e-mail I sent to Popular Mechanics today.  I 
> >was irate that the lube shop had inflated my Spitfire tires to 44psi. 
> >Last year they did the very same thing to my Midget.  It's almost double 
> >what both cars require. Incidentally, my book on my '75 Spitfire shows 
> >21psi front, and 26psi rear; is this correct?
> >
> >Nick D. Benson
> >
> 
> This does seem crazy. Especially if the tires are cold. The 21/26 psi
> ratings seem good for cold tires, and I personally don't like to see a warm
> tire with a pressure more than 32 psi after a good highway jaunt.
> 
> I would hate to take my car for a long highway cruise with a 44 psi tire!
> (even in the winter)
> 
> 
> David Councill
> dcouncil@imt.net
> 71 BGT
> 
> 

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