Tire pressures for take offs on the street?

[powerban]

Just wondering. Im running Metzeler Rennsports and Pirelli Super corsa pros on the street. I am currently running 32/31 on the rennsports but i know lots of you are gonna say thats too low. Should i be running them at normal street tire pressure? I commute to work about once a week and medium paced tele runs on the weekends. Any recommendations?
I've read Zee's thread on take offs but it doesnt talk about pressures. The tires im using are ones that ive used on the track before so i know what kinda abuse they've been through.

[Bryant]

Keep your tires around 36-38 PSI for commuting. Drop them down to about 32/30 for sprited canyon riding. If you commute with around 30PSI on the rear.. that tire is going to square off real quick.

[afrothunder]

Keep your tires around 36-38 PSI for commuting. Drop them down to about 32/30 for sprited canyon riding. If you commute with around 30PSI on the rear.. that tire is going to square off real quick.yeah, you heard what the godfather said!

[powerban]

Keep the front about 1 psi higher than the rear right?

[BioTek]

I'd of thought keeping the front a few psi lower on the front than the rear for street riding was a better idea. Something just sounds wrong to me about a higher pressure front than rear.

[powerban]

Thats what i thought too but you have more air in the front at the track. the BodFather is omnipotent.

[Kurt'sSV]

Just stick'em in the mid to upper 30's. You're not doing any hard cornering on the street (or canyons), so it doesn't matter. It's not like if you're running 37/36 instead of 35/36 you're going to crash riding down El Cajon Blvd.

[sandogn]

38/36........ That what Valentino told me. Sete says 36/36 when it rains.

[deno]

Just stick'em in the mid to upper 30's. You're not doing any hard cornering on the street (or canyons), so it doesn't matter. It's not like if you're running 37/36 instead of 35/36 you're going to crash riding down El Cajon Blvd.

:roflmao:

[pulse]

Just stick'em in the mid to upper 30's. You're not doing any hard cornering on the street (or canyons), so it doesn't matter. It's not like if you're running 37/36 instead of 35/36 you're going to crash riding down El Cajon Blvd.


haha, i couldnt agree more :thumbsup:

[Dissident]

Was gonan post a differetn thread, but maybe I'll add it to this...

If you were running nitrogen, would you use the same pressure for street/track? Seems like you could put them at whatever "warm" PSI you want, since the nitrogen doesn't expand as much with heat as air.. I hear Costco does this to cars now, to...

[Cyanide41]

Was gonan post a differetn thread, but maybe I'll add it to this...

If you were running nitrogen, would you use the same pressure for street/track? Seems like you could put them at whatever "warm" PSI you want, since the nitrogen doesn't expand as much with heat as air.. I hear Costco does this to cars now, to...


umm.... you can if you like, I think I will stick to good old fashioned air. I like the air to heat up and expand.

Now I run pilot race take offs on the street. 31/26 on the track I run them 30/22 Keep in mind, I don't commute at all unless it is to the twisties

[learningtoswim]

umm.... you can if you like, I think I will stick to good old fashioned air. I like the air to heat up and expand.

Now I run pilot race take offs on the street. 31/26 on the track I run them 30/22 Keep in mind, I don't commute at all unless it is to the twisties

Maybe if you used something lighter than air to fill your tires your lap times would get cut down Fat Boy.

Propane? That would make some cool pictures....