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Old 07-27-2013, 06:27 PM   #5 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Originally Posted by cbaber View Post
Sorry guys, meant to say "15 more PSI", it is changed.

Original was 30 PSI front and rear. Now it's 45 PSI front and rear. Max sidewall is 44 PSI.
Suggests confirmation of what MetroMPG showed in his test: big gains from maintaining max sidewall. He also saw further gains from going as much as 6 psi above sidewall. I go all the way up to 16 over sidewall after warming the tires and at peak daily ambient temps, partly so that cold tires and cold mornings will not likely see psi below maybe 10 psi over sidewall.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



 
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