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      12-03-2019, 03:34 PM   #23
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Took 2kaccordcouope's advice straight from the manual and raised my pressure to a ridicously high 44psi front and 50psi rear to reach the speeds I desire. Made my 2 hour return trip on the freshly mapped engine and stretched its legs on the highway. Italian asphalt is not on par with a German autobahn, but I got her up to 230k with zero drifting issues. The scorpions will run in the winter when properly (over) inflated for speed. Surprisingly, off highway they weren't harsher on the bumps than before. I can live with this. Problem solved thanks.
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Took 2kaccordcouope's advice straight from the manual and raised my pressure to a ridicously high 44psi front and 50psi rear to reach the speeds I desire.
Thank you for sharing! I will do the same!

Congratulations for remapping!
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      12-04-2019, 03:28 AM   #25
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Thank you for sharing! I will do the same!

Congratulations for remapping!
Thanks. It was quite a cool experience to watch.
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That’s great news. The more I think about it, the more I’m inclined to get winters and Scorpions appear to be the only option.
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inflation specs per speed, if anyone is interested...


Interesting. The tyre pressure screen on my car recommends 2.4 all round, but that manual suggests 2.3 front and 2.6 rear. More confusingly, the panel inside the car door frame recommends 2.3 all round for 3 adults and around 2.6 for 5 adults. My car is closer to 3.5 adults so maybe 2.4 is right.

Car is currently sitting at 2.4 all round too. My car is never going to be above 100mph either.

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      12-04-2019, 01:06 PM   #28
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Interesting. The tyre pressure screen on my car recommends 2.4 all round, but that manual suggests 2.3 front and 2.6 rear. More confusingly, the panel inside the car door frame recommends 2.3 all round for 3 adults and around 2.6 for 5 adults. My car is closer to 3.5 adults so maybe 2.4 is right.

Car is currently sitting at 2.4 all round too. My car is never going to be above 100mph either.
Yes, I certainly wouldn't reccomend going as high as I did if you don't have to. When I ship the car back to the US in a few weeks the pressure will come down quite a lot. It'll be a long time before I see 100 mph again too.. . I'm enjoying it while I can.
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      12-06-2019, 12:03 AM   #29
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Yes, I certainly wouldn't reccomend going as high as I did if you don't have to. When I ship the car back to the US in a few weeks the pressure will come down quite a lot. It'll be a long time before I see 100 mph again too.. . I'm enjoying it while I can.
This is also my pain, where are you headed to next? Can PM if you want
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This is also my pain, where are you headed to next? Can PM if you want
I'll drop the car off to be shipped to Dallas at the end of this month and retrieve it February/March to then road trip it to my new job in Maryland. I'm going to need to find a drag strip or private track up there to satisfy my need for speed from time to time.
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Fort Meade? I’m be going to Fort Sam
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