yeah. rain depresses me. but i still got the pathy to be crazy in. that won't die on me.

 

Nope dopn't remember it I was getting rained on in 33 degree weater in Basic. It was really nice today! until the sun went down then it started raining.

 

I must be weird. I've grown up here and I don't mind it at all. The only thing that sucks about it is turning wrenches in the rain.

But I love driving in the rain. Apply a freash coat of rainX, clean your lights, lower tire pressures by a few psi and go to town.

 

dbl pst

 

It was sunny today! Anyone else want to cry about the weater? From now on it'll be my mission to point out every sunny day! I've got a lot of work ahead of me!
And I almost forgot I GOT A TURBO!!! :P:P
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...30#post4960130

 

it still rained in the morning, around 9am, and around 3pm. so ha.

 

IT'S SUNNY. LOL HA HA HA HAAAA. The news said it was going to suck all week so I thought I wouldn't be saying anything. LOL!

 

In the wet you raise tire pressure not lower tire pressure.

 

well it was nice today...... but it still sucked. cause we had to remove a roof, make pony walls, and put up trusses cause it was nice. damn sun.

 

Not when they are already a few psi short of their max rating. I've found that they are too stiff at that point and need some side wall give. Plus I'm not too worried about hydroplane, that can be avoided for the most part.

 

I'll be back up in WA from Dec 28 - Jan 2nd or 3rd, I'm hoping. Won't have my car (probably borrow my brother's) but it'd be cool to see you guys again if you're up for a get-together.

 

If you are needing to lower your tire pressure when it rains you are running your tire pressure too high in the dry. Most tires have a max rating of around 50, are you running your tire pressures at 45-50? If you are running your tire pressures a few psi short of max that means you are driving around at or above your tires max inflation while you are driving because the pressure increases with heat. Most street tires you run pressures of 30-35. It isn't about hydroplaning, its about grip. In the wet the tire shoulders and centers will lose contact with the ground with too low of pressures so only about 20-50% of the tire is in full contact with the pavement. When racing in the wet we add about 3-4 more psi than the dry.

 

So it was sunny again today LOL!

 

I've often wondered that.

Yes, right at 40 psi.

I didn't think I would build up enough heat in the tires (in street driving) to make that much of a difference in tire pressure. Hence push me over the max rating.

I guess I back down my tire pressures some and give it a feel. Rain and Shine. Now I've read in many places to up your tire pressure for rain, snow and mud (also a skinny tire helps, in some cases because it cuts through to the road better then a wide) but being that I have always had them close to the max I figured that they won't give and slide more. So when I lowered pressure by 5 psi or so it felt to me like the tire was able to "give" more and hold the road. So that’s why I've been doing that.

BTW: I found a nail in my rear tire and they won't fix it due to the tire being at the wear indicators. So I'm in the market for two new rear tires. I'm looking into the S-03s again (I have them now). They only thing is I want a wider tire and the largest they come in a 17 is a 265. I was hoping to bump that up to 285 or so. So I'm also looking into G-Force T/A KDs.

So now I won't add pressure to my tires as soon as I leave the tire store (me always thinking they left them under inflated)

 

it's not sunny, but it's not raining.

 

Just started sprinkling.

ummm hungry, lunch time.

Although I hope it rains tomorrow. I can try different tire pressures. I have an appointment with the tire shop. New S-03s here I come.


ouch the wallet hurts now. Maybe I won't have lunch.

 

lets see it was sunny 2 hr ago, dark an hr ago, and now it looks bright outside again! lol

 

well, i'm wet. thats all that matters.

 

yeah it ended up raining about an hr after i posted....