Tyre Pressures
Discussion
CSR 260, CR500's, road tyre pressures, cold.
Caterham Sales verbally noted -
23 psi front, 24 psi rear. As so, I find the car
handling to be disturbing, it literally bounces all
over a road and the difficulty increases so w.r.t.
speed - gain .
A local Csterham gathering (non of them CSR's) stated
as low as 16 psi.
Any confirmation / & tried recommendation, welcomed.
Caterham Sales verbally noted -
23 psi front, 24 psi rear. As so, I find the car
handling to be disturbing, it literally bounces all
over a road and the difficulty increases so w.r.t.
speed - gain .
A local Csterham gathering (non of them CSR's) stated
as low as 16 psi.
Any confirmation / & tried recommendation, welcomed.
Ditto above really - I run 16psi on my 15" wheels and 18psi on my 13's. That's because I run Yoko A539 tyres on the 15's which are normal road car tyres and Yoko A048R's (soon to be R888 when I can get my hands on some) on the 13's which generate heat much easier as they are a softer compound.
Fo your ideal set up do a search here
http://www.blatchat.com/searchsp.asp
You'll find plenty of advice.
Cheers
SS
Fo your ideal set up do a search here
http://www.blatchat.com/searchsp.asp
You'll find plenty of advice.
Cheers
SS
Ken, I may be incorrect but I seem to remember having a conversation re CSR pressures a while back. It seems that the correct settings for the CSR260 are f.24 R.23 COLD. This does seem at odds with the rest of us running CR500's (with de-dion chassis) but these pressures were recommended by the company who helped develop the CSR chassis not CC themselves. Running them at 18psi on your car would not be a good idea.
Thank you for the man'f background Dom, but, as such(24F/23B), I found the car literally bounced over the road and that was apparently moreso at speed.
Hence, I queried a local gathering (none, with CSR's),
to be informed of variations as low as 16psi., That
information was wildly disconcerting. So I tried 20F &
18 rear, without improvement.
I will now revert back to what you noted / and reappraise, and see how I fare going down to Lisbon,
1 week today. I gather Iberian temperatures will increase the tyres pressures significantly and if time
permits, enroute, I will check and adjust.
Hence, I queried a local gathering (none, with CSR's),
to be informed of variations as low as 16psi., That
information was wildly disconcerting. So I tried 20F &
18 rear, without improvement.
I will now revert back to what you noted / and reappraise, and see how I fare going down to Lisbon,
1 week today. I gather Iberian temperatures will increase the tyres pressures significantly and if time
permits, enroute, I will check and adjust.
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