Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:21:06 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: 15" tire pressures?
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on any 2WD cars, *especially* rear engine ones, you'd always run more tire
pressure in ther rear than the front.
it affects the handling balance noticeably.
what you don't want is oversteer. As there is less in the rear relative to
the front - you have oversteer or 'too neutral' steering handling balance.
you always run a bit more pressure in the rear, about 4 psi , perhpas 6 pis
when we're talking in the 45 range......
other straetegies going up from there are :
stiffer side-walled rear tires, or wider rear rims.....
the increased handling stability factor, especially in sweeper bends if very
distnct by doing this. Really.
check the tire sizes front and rear , and rim widths , on any modern hot 2WD
sports car- - corvette, porsche, even AWD ones.....
they often have a wider rim in the rear, and they always have a wider tire
in the rear, but lower aspect ratio.
if they have say 325/45 R18's in the front,
they'll have 345/35 R18's in the rear, at least.
you always want more stability in the rear !
tire pressure fore-aft balance is the first level of achievning that.
when i finally find a set of 15 inch vanagon rims I like for my set of near
new 205/65 R15 Michelin Agilles tires.........
I'll probabably start them out at 40 front, 44 rear. Something like that.
scott
www.turbovans.com
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most for sale when I get them 150 % dialed in to near perfection. Gas,
diesel, campers, sunroof models etc.
And only rust free and dent free ones, or nearly so.
will also sell rust and dent free chassis/body for someone who loves their
rusted out Westy or whatever, and wants a clean title, west coast van to
swap all their camper and upgrade parts , and engine + trans over to a
fresh nice body.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris S" <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: 15" tire pressures?
> If the stock Vanagon has a 52/48 F/R weight distribution why do you run so
> much pressure in the rear compared to the front?
>
>
> --
> Chris S.
> "Beware the Subie Vultures"
>
> 2008/7/30 M'obeechi <obeechi@runbox.com>
>
>> 40 in the front
>> 50 in the rear
>> 205 65 R 15
>> Everything else is for heretics. There's a reason why, but I forget what
>> it
>> is.
>>
>> From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: 15" tire pressures?
>>
>> > I'm running 44 PSI front and rear on my poptop Weekender with
>> > 205/60 -15
>> > tires.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:24 PM, James Ballen <jamosb78@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Anyone know if the 15" wheel/tire combo came standard from the
>> > > factory
>> in
>> > > South Africa, or anywhere else in the world?
>> > >
>> > > I'm wondering what exact size tire was used, and what pressure was
>> > > recommended to use by VW.
>> > > thanks for any info.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jake
>> > 1984 Vanagon GL
>> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>> > Crescent Beach, BC
>> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>> > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>> >
>>
>> ----- End Original Message -----
>>
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