[Miata] Balance

[MH]

Had my Falken's mounted by my local wrench puller.  He must have miss-read
his guage.  The tires at 50lbs in them.  3.5k metric-whatever.  He must have
misread the metric as 35lbs.  I had no frame of reference for the new tires.
Heard they had a stiff side wall, but this was a bit more than I thought
should be normal.  Had a good laugh when I found out what went wrong.

Marvin

-----Original Message-----
From: miata-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:miata-bounces at realbig.com] On Behalf
Of the.jack
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 1:44 PM
To: 'Miata List'
Subject: Re: [Miata] Balance

-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of MH
Subject: Re: [Miata] Balance

Dropped 2 psi I the back and 2 KYB 'notches'. Wasn't able to test fully, but
might be too much.  Wow, this kind of adjustability is almost freaky.

Marvin
-----Response-----

	Yes it is.
	I did a test & tune autox a bit ago and started at
35 psi (running temp). Thing skittered around like... I don't even know. It
was almost acting like a high-powered muscle car. It was terrible. Just 2
psi made it awesome. I might try and go a little lower, but I don't think
it'll do much. Right now it's so neutral - everything else is original,
which means my shocks are garbage but it still handles nicely (can't wait
until I get fresh stuff on
there!) I haven't felt the need to have a different rear pressure so far.
	Anyway, you can lose 10 psi from my Jeep tires and it's not that big
of a deal! I once drove our '91 with ~44 on one side and ~25 on another
(we'd just picked it up from a stealer) and it just felt like it needed an
alignment, but it was very managable. I'd think I'd be all over the road if
the Miata were so uneven.

the.jack / Chris C.
99 Mazda Miata 5-sp Emerald


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