Mazda Miata: 38 lb?

"Leon van Dommelen" <net> wrote in message
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The correct tire pressure is never found on the tire. It will be in the
owners manual, and on the car. I looked in my owners manual for tire
pressure-it's 27 psi IIRC. Haven't looked on the car, but it'll be there in
the door jam, unside the gas filler door, the glove box. 38 psi is waaay to
much.

Chas Hurst

I just had a set of Kumho 185/60-14 installed on my 94 at Discount Tire in
Tucson (and yes, they honored the $32.95 price that Sears was advertising)
and found only 30 psi in them. My door says "26 psi" front and rear, but I
usually run 28 psi.

Glen 94 "C"
"Leon van Dommelen" <net> wrote in message
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I like 28# too. The door says '26' but that feels a bit soft to me...38???
That'd knock your teeth out!

That's fairly close to correct Autocross pressure!
"Leon van Dommelen" <net> wrote in message
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mildly related...

can you trust the door jamb sticker if the tires aren't oem brand and size?

i ask because i just put tires on my 2001 montero (the alter-ego to my 99
sport pkg.). door jamb says 29psi for the 265/70-16 oem all-season
passenger car tires. i ran 32psi for mileage, and the wear pattern was just
fine.

new tires are 265/75-16 all-terrain light-truck tires and they feel like
mush at 32psi. they came back from the tire shop at 45psi (which loosened a
filling or two), but they feel pretty good at 37psi.

fwiw,

dookie

"Leon van Dommelen" <net> wrote in message
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"chuckk" <compuserve.com> wrote:
 

For plain tires, I assume. High pressure is to prevent the sidewalls from
rolling over, if they are not stiff enough and there is not enough camber.
For maximum traction, low pressure is needed AFAIK.

Leon
 

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In article <5Jxtc.91$southeast.rr.com>,
"dookie" <dookie@-OBVIOUS-dooksucks.com> wrote:
 

I suspect your new off-road tires have softer sidewalls, for better grip
over soft terrain; in my off-road days, I'd bleed the tires on my '74
Land Cruiser down to 10 psi for mud and sand, and stay under 20 mph
until I could pump them up again.

Don't exceed the maximum pressure on the sidewall, and watch for uneven
wear. Don't expect sporty performance from truck tires.

--
Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
'94C
the alignment page:
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

I just bought Toyo es100 ... they were installed with 38 psi in each
tire. On my 2002 TiSE ... what are you running? When I saw 38 psi I
was a bit shocked and wondered if they knew what they were doing. I
run 30 psi ..
Bobt

On Wed, 26 May 2004 02:55:09 GMT, net
(Leon van Dommelen) wrote: