Re: D60-A2 tire pressure?

["Gary G. Erickson" <erickson@teleport.com>]

Daniel Hussey wrote:
> 
>       Hey fellow Q-heads,
> 
>            I know a lot of you fellow 5000Tq owners also have Dunlop D60 A2's,
> and I was wondering what tire pressure y'all use?  I seem to remember many of
> you saying something about putting more air in then what was specified.  Mine
> are at 30 psi now, which is what was reccomended by the manufacturer.  I've
> just had some annoying road noise that I've been trying to cure.  I'm getting
> the alighnment checked and the wheels balanced next weekend.  Thanks in advance
> for any advice.
>                                                                 Later,
>                                                                 Dan

Dan,

I usually run 38-40 psi in all of my D60's.  This provides a decent
turn-in response on the stock 14" wheels, and pumps up the tread a
little more to deal with all of the rain we have here in the great PNW.

For track use, it's more a factor of track and weather conditions for
the day.  I've run any where from 34-45 psi when its a track day. 
(FWIW, when I had the car at PIR on Friday, I let the pressure down to
36 psi since I wanted the extra grip on the (rather flooded) wet track. 
Due to the weather we were running lower speeds (but not much!) so turn
in was less of an issue.

HTH!

Gary

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