So I think it has been done but cant find any info

I want to be able to swap tires without any sensor hassel...



So how big are these sensors?

Can they be put in a small canister that will hold 30 psi?

Anyone have details on this?

I was thinking if the canister was small enough it could go in the space under the rear hatch latch behind the carpet.

 

this has been done before...im still saying there has to be a fuse or something to override this...

 

Not sure, but it would seem to me that simply putting them in a pressurized canister would not work. There would need to be a pressure differential between the sensor and the valve stem inlet. You would need to make a canister with holes and seals so that the valve stems were outside the canister, and the sensors inside.

Otherwise, I would think that the sensors would read 0 PSI (30 psi at the sensor and 30 psi on the valve stem side).

 

somebody posted a pict of a homemade canister with the sensor installed in them. Poster said it worked every well.

 

There is no fuse or anything. Corvettes have had tire sensors for a long time (15 yrs?). For many years it was a nice-to-have informational system. Now it's law.

Since Phord Explorers with low pressureFirestones were flipping all over the highways a few years ago, Big Brutha (Congress) decided they needed to prod people into checking their tire pressures.

Starting in September (2008 model year) all vehicles 10,000 lbs and less will be required to have a TPMS and sensors. Part of the requirement mandated by Congress and the NHTSA is that the system be a PITA so people will have a hard time disregarding the warnings. It also has to be built so it can't be turned off or inhibited.

Manufacturers have had a couple of years to phase-in their fleets by making a higher percentage meet the requirement over the last couple of years until it's 100% this fall. The C6 system has helped the General meet the phase-in %.

So.....no, you can't disable it. It's built to be very obnoxious to get people who otherwise would drive around on 1/2 inflated tires to pump them up every once in a while.

Also, you don't want to drive around on runflats without sensors. None of the tire manufacturers will honor a road hazard warranty for the runflats if you don't have sensors. Read the fine lawyerese print on the side of your OE Goodyears.

If you lose pressure in your runflat going down the highway, the stiff sidewall pretty well masks the fact - you don't get the squirelly handling you get with a normal tire that loses pressure. With a runflat you might not know it until you take the off-ramp at highway speed and build up a sideload and end up in the guard rail.

Just remember - the Gubmint knows best!

Bob

 

Forum member Cucchiara did it. Read this thread:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1478530

Bob

 

Thanks thats the post I was looking for

 

The TPS system is stupid.

What are you going to do when one TPS battery fails in 3 years? Then another? Then another?

At the track I get a damb tire error over 42 lbs - well EXCUSE ME - I want to monitor my oil temp - I do not appreciate fooling with the buttons at 160 MPH.

Then my Bartec tool failed. I've had it with this system. I'm not a Brazilian woman in a minivan near a cliff who neglects her car. At least give me the option to turn if off.

I'll be doing the canister too, unless I can figure out the BCM.

 

Duplicate sorry