Wandering Spider

[usatrade]

Herb 22 Have you recently checked tire pressure, front and back ? Meaning factory recomended tire pressure ,

[Zunige]

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Originally Posted by usatrade ... Have you recently checked tire pressure, front and back ? Meaning factory recomended tire pressure ,

[usatrade]

Please keep the factory rire pressure ! It is safer and much more comfortable.
You do not need higher tire pressure for the snail speed we drive in the USA. 65 miles an hour is barely 3rd gear speed !
In France with speed limit of nearly 90 OK, in Spain where speed limit is about 70 MPH but nobody bothers you much on (expensive) freeways until 100 or so MPH, in Germany where most freeways have no speed limits.
But here it is a joke !
When I see people on the freeway accelerating to 80 and thinking they are going flat out it's funny.
Believe me keep the original tire pressure until you are on the race track.
Claude
406 automobiles, from Isetta to GTO Ferrari and 427 Cobra and 26 Alfas.

[Herb22]

Checked the steering box adjustment. Seems OK. Have not looked into it further. Just living with it. Someone recommended the trailing arm bushings since they are 18 years old. That's probably first.

[Zunige]

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Originally Posted by usatrade Please keep the factory rire pressure ! It is safer and much more comfortable. You do not need higher tire pressure for the snail speed we drive in the USA. 65 miles an hour is barely 3rd gear speed ! In France with speed limit of nearly 90 OK, in Spain where speed limit is about 70 MPH but nobody bothers you much on (expensive) freeways until 100 or so MPH, in Germany where most freeways have no speed limits. But here it is a joke ! When I see people on the freeway accelerating to 80 and thinking they are going flat out it's funny. Believe me keep the original tire pressure until you are on the race track. Claude 406 automobiles, from Isetta to GTO Ferrari and 427 Cobra and 26 Alfas.

[usatrade]

Dear Zunige
We have installed brand new Pirelli's (185) on the spider (88) and with 30/32 pounds of air pressure the car is all over the road. back at normal pressures the car handles the way it should. I also have brand new Goodyears (185) on the other spider (79) and the result is the same.
What is your theory to say taht tese tire pressures are outdated ?
Claude

[Zunige]

Claude,
I can assure you that running 30/32 psi in your tires is not the reason why your Spider is all over the road... Something else is off, and lowering the tire pressure is simply camouflaging the problem, but so as not to hijack this thread, below are some of the BB threads regarding tires, and pressure, where we could continue this discussion.

• Spider tire recommendations
• ultimate tire recommendation - Please!!!
• Tires for an '81 Spider?
• what tire size to use on 14" wheels
• Down Side???
• Tires Kumho vs Yokohama question
• New Tires
• What kind of tires do you recommend?
• to much tyre pressure?

Best regards,

[usatrade]

Sorry but this is not "camouflaging" the situatiuon; The 88 spider has a brand new (total) front end. My son (it is his car) then went to have the new Pirelli's installed and the shop put the tire pressure (too high). My son (first Alfa) then ran back to the mechanic thinking something was wrong with the front end of the car. The tire pressure was put back to normal and all was fine. The mechanic is a highly knowledgeable man, like many Alfisti would like to have around them.
I will stop here but I do not see what has changed in the Spider with the Pirelli's then and now ? There is NO reason whatsoever to change the tires' pressure...unlass you load or overload the car.
Claude

[usatrade]

Just read all that stuff. 90% is about the looks of the tires and 10 % in favor of proper (factory) pressure.
Claude