Tire Pressure

[rdmac]

Just curious. If say you have tire pressure of 35 on one side of your car and say 30 on the other (say front tires). Do you think that would effect how the car veers to the left or right. This is not a pull to the right thread just curious on some things the dealer was saying.

Bob

[jjs]

Originally Posted by rdmac

Just curious. If say you have tire pressure of 35 on one side of your car and say 30 on the other (say front tires). Do you think that would effect how the car veers to the left or right. This is not a pull to the right thread just curious on some things the dealer was saying.

Bob

I would not consider doing something like that...one tire will be either overinflated or underinflated (not sure what the recommended pressure on the 300 tires is). Also, with a 5 lb difference you will notice a difference in handling (the lower one being more 'mushy', etc.) and this becomes more pornounced and dangerous the harder you drive a car.

[kcrnmale]

Yes, different tire pressures on either side may affect your steering. However it's easy to fix (simply by adding equal air pressure in each tire) and then if the drifting continues...you easily discredited your dealer's answer. Changing the tire pressure to compensate drifting is not the solution to this problem.

[Hemi57]

Hey rdmac, I agree with jjs & kcrnmale, do not mix you tyre pressures left to right. If the dealer is suggesting that you do this to overcome the drifting problem then it is only masking the problem.

I generally run my tyre pressures at least 5 psi above the recommended. This aids fuel economy (who really cares with a V8 anyway ) and makes for more predictable handling.

The manufacturers pick a lower pressure to improve the ride.

[james jefferson]

FYI..i'll repeat what i said on another thread for kicks. i have 2 each "pencil type" pressure gauges. i bought another, a dial type (about $12 from Advance Auto Parts) that is pretty accurate and it reads about 3lbs lower that "pencil type". i increased my tire pressure from recommended 30lbs all around to 32lbs front and 34lbs rear (from my old sport car days for handling). it does make a tremendous difference. floating is gone and ride is much firmer and i believe safer..try it you'll like it.