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   Re: Split/Different Front and Rear Cold    
   18 Aug 20 16:43:38   
   
   AMuzi:   
      
   re: Corvair   
      
   The Corvair had a Front/Rear weight difference that   
   definitely warranted the big difference between   
   recommended front and rear cold tire pressures.   
      
   The cars I'm talking about are somewhere in between   
   that extreme, and the other: rear- and all-wheel drive   
   sports sedans with almost no(less than 55/45) front-rear   
   weight bias.  The last time I checked, a typical BMW   
   F/R weight split is like 51/49%. Yet recommended   
   front/rear pressures differ by 5psi.   
      
   My Honda Accord, for example, is F/R: 54/46% axle   
   weight split.  Some 'econoboxes' venture toward 60/40,   
   yet for the Accord and those cars, a single pressure   
   figure, for all tires, is specified on the door frame placard.   
      
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