Sorry, 53 psi rear, not 54.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 8:08 PM , Dave Mcneely wrote:

> 195 is almost the same in size as 185.  Why not just go with the
> factory
> recommendation -- whic for my'91 camper is 54 psi rear, 43 psi front.
> It drives and handles well that way, and that's what Discount Tire,
> which sold me the Kumhos, recommended.
>
> Dave Mc
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:48 PM , Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>
>> If they're like 184 R 14 C's used on vanagons around 83 to 85 or so.
>> their tire pressure tag in the front door says 39 front, 48 rear,
>> cold.
>> I played with that on similar load-rated tires, , and
>> thought 39 cold was a bit high, and am running I think, 33 front, 44
>> rear,
>> measured cold, and like that ride and handling feel - quite well
>> actually. I
>> can through my van into a corner with quite predictable and neutral
>> handling.
>>
>> In any case, it's the front-to-rear tire pressure relationship that
>> determines handling feel while corning.
>> You want to be between boat-like understeer on one end of the scale,
>> and
>> 'loose' feeling oversteer on the other end of the scale.
>> Making sure the rear contributes more stability than the front does,
>> helps
>> to achieve that.  Working with just tire pressure   ( and not wheel
>> rim
>> widths, or tire sizes ) is all you have to work with there.
>> Around 6 to 8 psi more in the rear  than the fronts, is what I
>> recommend.
>> ( I realize my example above  is 11 psi more in the rear ) Try
>> different
>> pressures and different front/rear relationships.
>> Just never exceed the max pressure listed on the side of the tire -
>> I
>> find
>> those pressure to always be higher than I'd ever run normally.   In
>> any
>> case, you want 'more' in the rear - more stability, and tire pressure
>> is
>> what you have to tune that with, which is reflected in the
>> recommended
>> tire
>> pressure on most vanagons tire sticker in the driver's foot well
>> area.
>> long enuf !
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mr.mds" To: Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 5:27 PM
>> Subject: Kumho 857 Tire Pressure?
>>
>>
>> Hello everyone.
>>
>> Just wondering if anyone has used or uses Kumho 857's on there vans?
>> I
>> have
>> a 81 non camper Huge Sunroof edition!!
>> I have a set of Kumho 857 in a  LT195 R14 can anyone recommend a good
>> tire
>> pressure to set these at?
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>
>> MS
>>
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