Tyres & Pressures..

[Guest salty_monk]

Well the title speaks for itself... if it helps I'm after the pressures for a 2b with a mild steel chassis stainless panels 2L pinto & "I think" something like 185 60 14 rubber on 5 spoke alloys.

Definitely cheapo Khumo rubber though (think they're Korean) anyone have any experience of them? Tyre dealer near me says they are a good buy but then, he would I guess!!

[Guest salty_monk]

42 views & nobody has air in their tyres yet??!!

[Guest Steve.G]

Salty

 

This topic has been covered previously on this site - check out the search facility to find where.

 

The general opinion appears to be somewhere in the region of 17 - 25psi as the car is quite light.

 

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There I've done the work for you

 

 

Steve G.

[Les Welsher]

Dan,

I run my 2B on 22lb, some people go as low as 17lb but my tyres look rather flat at this pressure. Suppose it all depends on the weight of your car.

 

Les

[Guest Ant]

I run mine at 26. This is higher than most, but I find it fine. Not experimented though so a different value might be better. Even tyre wear so far, and I don't want really heavy steering - parking is difficult enough with a 2B's turning circle without making it harder to turn the wheel.

 

Ant

[Guest salty_monk]

Cheers Les - Steve... Will go somewhere around 20psi as a start then & work from there!!

[Guest alan rowe]

I've been running my S7 at 20 psi for the last year and it seems to be a good compromise for ride and cornering and the tyre wear has been very even

 

Alan

[Guest The Rev]

Running Avon ZV3 size 195/65HR14 with 23psi all round. Delighted with the tyres and pressure seems ok. Great improvement from the earlier harder sidewalled tyres.

 

Was thinking about larger (diameter) alloys and lower profile tyres but as car for road use and roads have bumps I have remained with the 14" alloys and get the additional suspension afforded by 65 series softter walled tyres - good grip.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Rennie

[Guest salty_monk]

Now I have the Hood I can start making sense of all the twoddle I've been writing for the last 2 weeks!

Running Korean Kumho tyres (brand new). 185 65 14 front, 195 60 14 rear.

Pressures were set at 17 front & 16 rear, seems ok but will experiment a bit I think to see what happens!

[Big Jim]

I would suggest that you're a bit too soft, they'll start to peal off the rims under enthusiastic cornering.

[Guest salty_monk]

I would suggest that you're a bit too soft

 

Is that a derogatory comment about us Southerners again??

 

Will go up to 20psi & see what that feels like...

[Big Jim]

Is that a derogatory comment about us Southerners again

I hadn't looked where you hail from Salty, and still haven't, and it wasn't, but as they say "If the cap fits?"

[Guest mickmellors]

Spoken like a true North West Softy Jim !!!!!!!!!!!

 

xxxxxxxxxxxx MHM

[Guest Roger 2B]

I run 17psi with no problems, but my tyres are 40 aspect ratio (rolling them off the rims is less likely then higher ratio).

[Guest salty_monk]

16/17 did seem a bit low to me too although it seemed to be running ok, might be a different matter when I get a bit more used to the car though!

 

Going to go up to 24 PSI & see what that does then slowly back them off....

Anyone run odd pressure front/back to promote different driving chracteristics??

 

It scrapes a bit at the moment (I can get it to do it on roundabouts & stuff) which isn't a huge problem as it has a sump guard bolted to the chassis (good because it protects the sump but bad because it makes it even lower than standard. It's probably 2" max from the floor) so putting a bit more air in the tyres isn't going to hurt.

 

Have to make me one of those cut & shut sumps you boys run....