Topic: What Tire Pressure for Azenis RT-615?

We broke down and got 15" rims for our '86 Prelude and trying out the Azenis RT-615's for the first time.

Looking for advice on what tire pressure to run them. Would love to here from people who have experience with these tires in long runs.

We are hoping to get a full day of racing on the fronts and two full days of racing on the rears.  (6 tires for two days).  We did go ahead and get 8 tires but in case of punctures/cuts.

Looking forward to the race at CMP this weekend!

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Re: What Tire Pressure for Azenis RT-615?

35ish cold.  depends on the car (weight/camber/etc)  start at like 36 or so cold and check them again hot--don't want to get too much into the mid 40s.  if you are nice to them, you should last all weekend on a set.  just rotate them after day 1.  man, I miss the days of cheap azenis.  the perfect lemon tire  sad

Re: What Tire Pressure for Azenis RT-615?

We have a 50/50 weight bias RWD 2500 lb. car and run ours at 32psi.  They wear and feel great.

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We start at 30 cold in our '89 Prelude.  The trick is not to exceed 40 hot in our experience.

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Re: What Tire Pressure for Azenis RT-615?

Thanks for the replies... looking forward to the race!

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Re: What Tire Pressure for Azenis RT-615?

We ran 32psi cold on our BMW 2002 it is just under 200lbs. and a 50/50 ratio.
We had great handling and low wear, will probably get another race out of this set.

I have heard of bad things happening to that tire if over inflated.

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Skid McSpinout wrote:

We ran 32psi cold on our BMW 2002 it is just under 200lbs...

Wow, you REALLY got the weight out!  I call cheatonium!!!  big_smile

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We ran 42 PSI cold in our ~3000 pound Thunderbird. They did very well, the outside tire was blue at the tread edge but never showed any loss of grip. Those same tires are being used for A/X duty on a RX7.

We are starting at 36 PSI cold in our ~1700 pound Civic.

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34ish cold in our 2200 lb E30.

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VKZ24 wrote:

We start at 30 cold in our '89 Prelude.  The trick is not to exceed 40 hot in our experience.

Yes.

And the new 615K's seem to work well up to about 42psi.
After the first stint check them.
If the track is hot, set them to 39-42.

On a light weight car, you can get 3-4 races out of six tires.
We ran two new tires on the front. Switched them side to side before Sunday and ran two race old rears.
We could run the car as is for another race and then move the front to the rear.

Have them mounted outside facing in if they show unusual shoulder wear.
They are directional for wet conditions only.

There is about 1/4 inch of rubber after the tires are bald before they cord.
As long as the track is dry, they are safe with no tread.

The strength of the tire is in the steel reinforced carcass, not the tread.


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Re: What Tire Pressure for Azenis RT-615?

We settled on 35-36 (hot).  Very slight rollover on the front, none at the rear.

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You should run 54 psi on the right side and 31 psi on the left since there are mostly left turns you want to even out the contact patch

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On my 3 hondas I've ran 3o psi  and rotate tires end of frst day and you can get by with 4 tires for ione race as long as you don't blow a tire.

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14 (edited by djcommie 2010-05-21 01:31 PM)

Re: What Tire Pressure for Azenis RT-615?

Tire pressure is affected by ambient conditions, camber, caster, toe (if any), track conditions, tire width, sidewall height, wheel weight, braking system, power output, differential setup...

basically everything affects it, just toy around with it, the pre-race test days are ususally wonderful as the car is hopefully somewhat done and you could get similar conditions for weather and the same pavement and track. A handle on the tires' temperature and some careful examination can help with pressures. Also a good way to get the mold release off and some breaking-in done on new brakes if you have them.

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