# tire set up for starters like BLADE

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**Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\
**Created:** [December 19, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tire-set-up-for-starters-like-blade/132573 "2006-12-19T06:41:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![duckJAI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duckjai/32/5553_2.png) [@duckJAI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duckJAI)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tire-set-up-for-starters-like-blade/132573/6 "2006-12-20T18:00:12Z")

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> [@Greetings](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/greetings/514/4):
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> Tire pressure is vital as well… You can’t run those typical everyday driving 36 psi. And depends on what car and its handling characteristics, the front and rear psi cannot be the same…
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> You need to reduce sidewall flex, and have maximum surface area.
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> My summer performance tires are rated 51 psi. I run 46 front and 49 rear to get a bit more tail happy. For grip, I would run 48 front and 49 rear. I hate sidewall flex!!!

if you want to get rid of sidewall you should stretch tires. pumping up the tires is also bad for the tires if you drift on them. some tires will belt and chunk at higher psi like my federal 595s. i find running a low psi like 28psi is good because you have to account for heat temperatures of the track. that significantly heats up the tires and takes a toll on the tires.

if sidewall flex is a issue, get better tires or stretch them to reduce sidewall flex. if you run 55 sidewall or higher, you can’t expect much from them.

running higher psi is like pumping them to a balloon. you make less grip and if you use crappy tires, it significantly reduces grip.

i say just run crappy tires to begin with if you are a beginner, but pump them to normal pressures. drifting is about grip, and when you need the grip its there.

just my 2cents

PS: pumping tires more than 40psi COLD is actually reducing the surface area of the tires. having low pressure increases surface area and hence the better grip at lower pressures.

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