<VV> Tire Pressures - stock sizes

[J R Read_HML]

Hi,

My '65 Vert has stock wheels.  Other than autocross use - in other words - 
for street use, putting the pressures at 26 and 36 on modern tires - gives a 
"basketball effect" in my opinion.  Yes, I do have an air dam under the 
bumper.  The effect I mention is most pronounced on concrete roads which 
have expansion joints at more or less regular intervals, but it can occur on 
most any road.

I typically keep the vert at 22 or 24 front (depending on trunk load) and 32 
rear.  Give those numbers a try on your radials and let us know what you 
think.  I'm actually (currently) thinking of dropping - for a test - those 
numbers by a PSI or two.

I'm NOT trying to start a thread on this.  Most of us on VV have been 
through that before.

BTW... I was there today.  Sorry that I did not get a chance to meet you.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mel Francis" <mfrancis at wi.rr.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Tire Pressures for 15" Tires - and Other Sizes


> A member who is unable to attend our Milwaukee 50th anniversary event
> tomorrow has kindly loaned me his
> '64 convertible, to display at the local Chevy dealership. It's equipped
> with 13" radials and I drove it home
> on 20lbs front and 30lbs rear. While those pressures were ok for older
> bias-ply tires, the radials felt way
> too mushy at those pressures, so I added 6 more pounds to each tire and 
> now
> it feels much more controllable.
>
> Mel Francis
>
>