• Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    Are you at low elevation? If your car came from high elevation it would have added a few pounds of pressure by the time it got down to you. Not 60 extra lbs obviously haha

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      2 days ago

      That’s the opposite of how that works.

      Tires are a gauge pressure, meaning pressure vs ambient pressure.

      14.7 psia (absolute) at sea level. And getting less as you go higher elevation.

      12.7psia ambient is ~4000ft elevation 10.7psia ambient is ~8500ft elevation

      So if it you start at sea level with 40psig in your tires, when you get to 8500ft elevation and measure the tires you’ll be ~44psig.

      If you start at 8500ft at 40psig, when you get to sea level they’ll be ~36psig.