Street Tire Pressure For 225-50-16's?
08-24-2001, 08:38 PM
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Street Tire Pressure For 225-50-16's?
What should I get the pressure up to on these tires? They say 44PSI max, but I'm guessing that's WAY too high.
My understanding is the lower the PSI, the better the traction, right? So what should I use on the street?
Trevor
My understanding is the lower the PSI, the better the traction, right? So what should I use on the street?
Trevor
08-24-2001, 10:08 PM
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Not necessarily true. I found out by accident the tires I have on one of my cars works BETTER with more air in them. Usually I would run them at 32, but one leaks so I figured it would take longer for it to leak if I put them at the rated 44, which worked too btw, and what do you know, it hooked better. Go figure.
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08-25-2001, 01:46 AM
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Car: 1986 Sport Coupé
Engine: 305-4v
Transmission: 700R4 and TransGo2
You know, I have Goodyear Eagle HPs (235-60R15s) and I pumped them up to 32 pounds each. Man, it was horrible and made the car feel like it had the suspension of a steamroller--hard as a rock 
So I lowered them down to about 25 pounds and it is a completely different car. Great ride and handling.
Anyone else have this problem?
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1986 Camaro Sports Coupe
T-tops, variable wiper, power hatch, rear defrost, third brake light
LG4 305 V8, Hooker Shorty headers, 3" pipe into Walker Quiet Flow dual exhaust
Edelbrock Performer intake, "Damonized" Q-Jet 4bbl, K&N filter, Crane ignition kit
TH700R4 transmission and Derale cooler
Air conditioning, power windows, power door locks, power brakes, power steering, tilt wheel
Kenwood cassette, Pioneer 6x4 component front speakers
Rockford Fosgate 6x9 Punch rear speakers
Z-28 front and rear sway bars
Aluminum slots and Goodyear 225x60R15 Eagle HP tires
243 horsepower and 326 foot pounds of torque at the flywheel
_ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _
Yea verily, and he smote the smog heathens from his small block Chevy, even from the air pump to the converter ...
Todd 1:1
So I lowered them down to about 25 pounds and it is a completely different car. Great ride and handling.
Anyone else have this problem?
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1986 Camaro Sports Coupe
T-tops, variable wiper, power hatch, rear defrost, third brake light
LG4 305 V8, Hooker Shorty headers, 3" pipe into Walker Quiet Flow dual exhaust
Edelbrock Performer intake, "Damonized" Q-Jet 4bbl, K&N filter, Crane ignition kit
TH700R4 transmission and Derale cooler
Air conditioning, power windows, power door locks, power brakes, power steering, tilt wheel
Kenwood cassette, Pioneer 6x4 component front speakers
Rockford Fosgate 6x9 Punch rear speakers
Z-28 front and rear sway bars
Aluminum slots and Goodyear 225x60R15 Eagle HP tires
243 horsepower and 326 foot pounds of torque at the flywheel
_ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _
Yea verily, and he smote the smog heathens from his small block Chevy, even from the air pump to the converter ...
Todd 1:1
08-25-2001, 04:55 AM
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Car: 1986 Sport Coupé
Engine: 305-4v
Transmission: 700R4 and TransGo2
To see if you have the best pressure for tread wear, make a chalk mark across the width of the tread and then drive it a bit. It will be worn off in the middle if over-inflated, while the edges will be worn off if under-inflated. Tread wear and comfort are two different things but, theoretically at least, you should have your best handling when the tread wear is completely even.
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