tire pressure
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Originally Posted by mspeterso
What tire pressure do you usaully run with. any good tire pressure gauges that are better than others.
i know to look on the driver side door, but anything other than stock pressure?
i know to look on the driver side door, but anything other than stock pressure?
Mike
Stick with stock for sure, try a couple PSI higher, it will probably improve your mileage a little bit. . . I haven't tried it on the SS, but on previous cars that is how it worked. Although this will hinder racing/fun ability as less pressure usually equals more power to ground
If you set it to 32 pounds cold on my car it usually raises 2-4 psi after a 5-10 minute drive, with winter coming your going to see the pressures all over the place. When it was 70 degrees at night and 100 durring the day I had the pressure set at 34-35 lbs cold at night and it would shoot up to 40 psi when it got hot durring the day. I have always used a Milton brand gauge and they have been pretty consistant and only a couple dollars more than a generic one, the generic gas station/parts store/walmart ones are always off. Never go by the one at a gas station on the air pump, had one that was off by 8 pounds one time.
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Originally Posted by Mike's 01WS6
If you set it to 32 pounds cold on my car it usually raises 2-4 psi after a 5-10 minute drive, with winter coming your going to see the pressures all over the place. When it was 70 degrees at night and 100 durring the day I had the pressure set at 34-35 lbs cold at night and it would shoot up to 40 psi when it got hot durring the day. I have always used a Milton brand gauge and they have been pretty consistant and only a couple dollars more than a generic one, the generic gas station/parts store/walmart ones are always off. Never go by the one at a gas station on the air pump, had one that was off by 8 pounds one time.
I've have this guage for years: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku Mine says "Made in USA" on it, can't tell if it still is or not.
Note my MCSS's PSI system reads dead on to my tire guage. Experiment with 1 or 2 PSI at a time until your get what you want, but watch that you're not wearing out the center of the tire first, as that is a sign you may be overinflated.
