OLOA 06 Help, Tire pressure help/ Accident Options

[Ojustracing]

Well I hav a free moment to type this. I can really go ito great deatail of the last 2 days, but I did okay at mid-america. Car is still way to free for my liking. I know this is not the wrong forum but if anybody could help with a answer. Tire are Mich Ps2 what would you guys run them at? he's running them at 34frt/34r. Im not used to looking at the tire wear he is using the little michelin man hand as the indicator for the wear. Im looking for morre grip in rear you think it would be okay to drop them down to lets say 30psi more in line with my old KD? 315/30/18 all the way round.

Onto other bad news we hit a tire in the road and broke the front bumper/fender innner skirt.... trying to see what I can do to stop it from flappig in the breeze. Oh did I mention that we also hit another piece of debris in the road too. Same side!!!!! Not having a good day.

Well im sorry for the quick update. We have had only 3 hrs sleep in the last 2 days and are kinda tired. If you could provide with a quick replay that my wife cold relay to me that would helpfull.

I'll try to post a more detailed update tonight if the time allows.

Thanks Guys

John

[Teutonic Speedra...]

I'd definitely lower them a little bit myself. Since you are only doing a few laps (not a lot of time to warm them up), I wouldn't go too low, but I have started street tires as low as 27-28psi for the track (KDW's 275). Like you said, I'd just work with the rears for now. I tend to find my car (Z not Vette) likes 1-2 psi LESS in the rear.

It's tough, every tire, car combo, driver is different.

Good luck! Hopefully some others will post as well!

-Dennis

[jensend]

With the added work that the rears do providing both power and cornering/braking grip, they tend to build more pressure and wear more quickly. I've always run a 1-2 pound differential front to rear on my 02-Z28 regardless of the tire brand.

As for the fender liner, see if you can find something solid that you can zip tie the liner to. Just make holes in the liner for the ties and secure them that way. You might want to reinforce the edges against windage with racer tape too.

Good luck. Try to get what rest you can.