[FC] rampside tire pressures.

[Merv and or Loretta]

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Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clark Hartzel" <chartzel@comcast.net>
To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:24 AM
Subject: RE: [FC] rampside tire pressures.


> No, since you are sitting over the front wheels and the wheelbase is 13"
> shorter than a car, there is more weight on the front than a car.  I ran
> radial tires on my Rampside and used 35 pounds in the rear and 28 in the
> front.  If you run too low a pressure in the front, it gets hard to turn
the
> steering wheel at slow speeds or parking.  Too high a pressure in the
front
> and you will feel every tar strip and bump in the road.  Just experiment
> until you find a happy medium.
> Tim Colson, pipe in here and tell us what you run!
> Clark Hartzel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: corvanatics-admin@corvair.org
> [mailto:corvanatics-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of george koenig
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:54 AM
> To: corvanatics@corvair.org
> Subject: [FC] rampside tire pressures.
>
>
> having owned Corvair cars for many years, this is my first FC, a rampside.
> Is a 10 psi tire pressure difference between front and rear apply to FC's
as
> well as cars?  Or should it be the same?
> George.
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