Tyre Pressures

[kitchens]

Thanks for that ..where in the borders do you stay ,perhaps you could organize a wee run down your way ,there are a few Porsche owners down your way ,come across a Colin Robertson stays St Boswells ?

 

[Rintoul]

Hi, Kitchens, I stay in the Thornhill area, D&G, but as I used to reside in The Lake District and there is a great bunch of exteremely sociable car enthusiasts in the Northern Lakes have continued on the Lancs and Cumbria register. Perhaps we could organise a joint trip out meeting up half way somewhere. I will be seeing some of them this weekend so give me an Email (highballagganbothy@btinternet.com) to discuss.
Iain

 

[Rintoul]

Kitchens I take it as you are off line that you are also watching a depressing match[] Who would buy an Italian car anyway.

 

[kitchens]

Did you expect any other result []Italy a differant class.
I was down your way a couple of weeks ago great road from the M74 over to Thornhill have been down a couple of time to Drumlanrig Castle Next time you are doing a event give us a email and will pass it on to the RO I used to be the RO for the region for 5 years, nice part of the country on the day out went down to Southerness and back up through St Johns of Dalry and up to Ayr and home to E-K .
Brian

 

[baptistsan]

Seem to have posted this response in the alignment thread too?! But, am sure I read somewhere that the rears can be run at 36 psi.

 

[baptistsan]

36 front 44 rear iirc.

Some say to drop these pressures a little as the above are really best for tackling autobahns at xxx mph. Dropping mine has resulted in a more forgiving ride, though I haven't dropped them as low as some people. Have a play with your pressures and see what suits you. Have noticed that my rears now wear evenly across the tyre with the lower pressure.

In this cold weather the pressures will read lower.

HTH.

 

[Terry]

When I had my 996 with those tyre sizes, I ran them at 32/40 which seemed to provide a good compromise between ride comfort and handling.

Terry

 

[beershark]

I believed they were 36 & 42 which is what I run.

I guess there are tolerences to personal preferences, tyres and maybe even suspension set ups ...

Which leads me on to a thought Baptistan mentioned about the weather.

When tracking your car, its recommened to lower the pressures as a good track session will increase the pressures above normal temperature. Makes the car very skiddy if you dont.

However, my question is..... In the lower temperatures we have been experiencing recently, I think it would be wise to check & re-inflate tyres to the correct levels (when I checked mine a few days ago they were a few bar down on normal). Does that make sense?

 

[COF139]

Thanks for the responses.

Much appreciated.

 

[Richard_Hamilton]

Stick with what is recommended would be my advice. 36psi all round is the correct pressure for 17's, unless you run 225's on the rear, in which case it is 36F/41R.

I don't think you would gain anything by lowering the pressures, except perhaps in serious snow. I run standard pressures in mine (albeit different sizes than yours) and it is fine.

 

[chriscoates81]

ok cheers I just thought id check.