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Old 10-07-2008   #1 (Post Link)
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What tyre pressures do you all run?

I'm running 34 PSI all road at the moment on my pilot sports.
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Re: What tyre pressures do you all run?

I do 36 in the front 33 in the rear.
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Re: What tyre pressures do you all run?

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I'm running 34 PSI all road at the moment on my pilot sports.
As do I.
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Re: What tyre pressures do you all run?

I run at 32PSI all round on my Khumo's.
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Re: What tyre pressures do you all run?

2.7 front, 2.5 rear with michelin PS2
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Re: What tyre pressures do you all run?

Cold (p-zero rosso) 2.6 front / 2.4 rear, a touch above on both so I don't have to check them as often

38 / 35 psi
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Re: What tyre pressures do you all run?

32-34 psi all round (P Zero Rossos) assuming the car is not fully laden. I find this far better than the "laden" pressures in terms of grip, ride, and feel.
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Re: What tyre pressures do you all run?

I can't remember which means it probably time I checked the pressures again. I tend to use whatever the manual says, which is pretty high if I recall.
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Re: What tyre pressures do you all run?

I use 2.4 bar all round.

Comfort and straight line traction are slightly better at 2.2 bar so I can see why some go that low.
I used to use 2.2 bar with the standard suspension since I found the car a bit skittery under braking as standard and the softer pressure helped find grip I thought.
Better dampers fixed that issue though, and I then found 2.4 the best all round compromise for me personally.

For normal road use 2.7 bar seems very high to me and would loose some traction, fair enough if you are travelling on an autobahn > 100 mph for extended periods I guess .
Even for track use I would start at 2.6 bar cold, and stabilize/cap it at 2.8 bar warm. The tyres get incredibly hot and sticky on track, for road use they dont get soo sticky and my personal opinion is that road braking performance seems very much affected by that high a pressure.

I'm not a doctor - but I really do recommend braking later
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