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Subject:RE: 90 Westfalia handling
From:mdstockr
Date:Fri, 2 May 97 11:34:08

Dave,

I have never owned a '90, so this is just opinion.

It seems that a 30 psi front / 40 psi rear is a very high (25%) bias towards the rear.  I am 
thinking that running 30 psi on the fronts is a little low and may be affecting handling.  
You might want to consider increasing it a little.

CAUTION -- running too high a pressure in the fronts will result in an oversteer condition 
and your bus may tend to spin.  Moderate understeer is always safer.

Michael

--- On Fri, 2 May 1997 10:24:42 -0500  David Katsuki <katsuki@bbn.com> wrote:

>Michael,
>
>I don't have the tires in front of me, but I think they are 205-70R14 (they
>are the stock wide tires that VW put on the vans).
>
>30-40 is the pressure balance VW recommends for the 205's.    Max inflation
>for the MXLs is 40 lbs, I believe.
>
>Dave
>
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  Michael Stocker <mdstockr@neo.lrun.com>   
  North Canton, Ohio, USA
  5/2/97 11:34:08 AM EST
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