View Single Post
Old 10-08-2014, 03:47 PM   #17 (permalink)
bestclimb
Smeghead
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: South Central AK
Posts: 933

escort - '99 ford escort sport
90 day: 42.38 mpg (US)

scoobaru - '02 Subaru Forester s
90 day: 28.65 mpg (US)
Thanks: 32
Thanked 146 Times in 97 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by CapriRacer View Post

Also, tire wear is somewhat tied to inflation pressure, with increasing inflation pressure causing more wear in the center of the tread. Again, this is not well documented - in fact hardly documented at all. All we seem to have is those ubiquitous anecdotes..
My understanding is that bias tires had a significant center/edge wear vs pressure effect, but that radial tires have a much reduced correlation. My own measurements have borne this out (tread depth measured at 45psi which is 4 psi over sidewall shows linear wear outer center inner) a single tire is not much of a data set but does seem to fly in the face of the anecdote of over inflation causes center wear.
__________________

Learn from the mistakes of others, that way when you mess up you can do so in new and interesting ways.

One mile of road will take you one mile, one mile of runway can take you around the world.
  Reply With Quote