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The CO2 test was on going for a few weeks. About as exciting at watching grass grow.
Tired of that I decided to spice things up a bit.
So I deflated my CO2 test tire from 40psig to 15psig. Then brought them up to 40psig with R-404a.
Then rolled it out in the sun and dropped a sheet of aluminum in front of the tire to act as a reflector to heat the tire up faster. Almost immediately the tire surface temperature jumped up 50°F. The back side of the tire heated up 12°F in about 5 minutes.
This translated to a 2psi pressure rise.
An increase of 5 to 6 degrees F on the shade side of the tire resulted in another 1psi increase. At the same time the sun side temperature had risen another 10°F.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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