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View Poll Results: what tire pressure do you run in your tires?
Less than 26 lbs.
4.71%
26-27 lbs.
5.88%
28-30 lbs.
21.18%
30-32 lbs.
43.53%
more than 32 lbs.
24.71%
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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I use a piece of chalk instead on tape. mark them and drive around the block. Adjust as needed.
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by TheSkunkWorks
Didn't vote. Been setting my pressures on everything I've owned for the past 20 years by pyrometer. Only way to get it exactly right for any car/driver/tire combination IMCO.



I use 46 cold and gain about 3 psi when hot. We have low humidity air here.
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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Originally 255 60 15 now 225 70 15 Good Years, 30-32 psi all four corners.
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 09:12 AM
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Yokohama 235/60/15 front, 295/50/15 rear, 32 - 34 PSI all four.
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by SEVNT6
Like you shmoky, I have 255/60 T/As front & rear. The sticker on the door of a '76 says 20 psi front and 26 rear cold. Back in the day I ran all four around 30-32. But now that I'm an old fart I've found that 22 front & 28 rear seems to feel just right.......

Glad to see this post, I have been running the 20/26 on my 76 as I thought you were supposed to follow the door label.

I thought by 76, they were putting radials on the Corvette and so these recommended pressures were for a radial???

I think I will try the chaulk or tape method and add some air!

(Maybe I am giving my new Bilstein shocks too much credit for ride comfort!!)
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