Re: tire pressure

[Toby Basiliko <toby@Wolfenet.com>]

I fear to bring this up, because it's evil,

	But Chevy did the tire-pressure differential to the corvair, too, and
their reason was that their suspension could have dangerous handling
characteristics.  Lowering front pressures was a (criminally
ineffectual) bandaid for a car that american drivers could get
upside-down pretty easily.  
	The corvair suspension was very similar to the VW- in fact, the rear's
tha same as our pre-67's.
	Did VW do the same for their swing-axle designs?
Toby (it's gonna be trailing-arm IRS) B

Steve Bradley wrote:
> 
> Charles E. Whitney wrote:
> 
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Just got back from my local tire joint.  They recommended a higher tire
> > pressure from that which is recommended by VW  (17lbs front, 27-34
> > depending on load for the rear).  They suggested 30lbs all around.  Is
> > that ignorance about old VW's or is that new wisdom for new tires?  By
> > the way, I have a '67 Square.
> >
> > While waiting, asked about those 165 r 15 by Coker (Goodrich).  $ 80.00
> > a tire if any one was wondering.
> >
> > Charlie
> > '67 Square
> 
> Charlie,
> 
> OEM tires were bias and used lower pressures. New tires are radial (unless
> yours is ** really ** stock) and run 30 PSI all around.
> 
> Steve B.