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Re: MGB Tire Pressures

To: "mgs@autox.team.net" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: MGB Tire Pressures
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:58:06 -0700
I'd say, 27 F/30 R... but in this case literally, YMMV. But try it out 
and see how it feels to you.

Mike had this to say:

>Fellow MGB fanatics,
>
>I want my 73B to handle safely, comfortably, and I'd prefer understeer over
>oversteer, if possible, since I'm used to cars with a little push.  I 
>spend alot
>of time on narrow twisty roads along the shore.  What's a good inflation
>pressure for my front & rear 165R14s?
>
>Mike
>
>
>
>Neil Cotty wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> > in the car. Obviously there is a 3 - 5 psi diff between the front and
>> > back. I would have thought it was the other way round - but so be it.
>> > Usually the end with the most weight has the highewr pressure. If the way
>>
>> This is what I've always been told by people. The end with the more weight
>> the higher the pressure. On modern tyres I tend to run 32psi Front and 30psi
>> Rear. This is normally good with a passenger and a full tank of gas. I'll
>> normally take them down 2 psi each end if it's only round town driving. Our
>> roads here are abysmal and with the pressures that high I do get a slight
>> amount of skipping over minor bumps.. However for the most part I prefer the
>> handling at those pressures. The car feels way too heavy any lower than
>> 30/28psi. Just my .2c. :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Neil.
>
>
>
>


--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great, 
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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