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MG MGF Technical - What Are The Correct Tyre Pressures

Hello,

Can anyone tell me the correct tyre pressures as I'm not happy with the ones in the users guide..

many thanks

Regards,

MG!
Mike Gibson

F or TF? What tyre size?
David Bainbridge

Sorry for the F VVC!

Mike Gibson



Surely the only "correct" tyre pressure is one one in the manual. This is (from memory) 26 PSI front and 28 back.

Many find an extra couple of PSI firms up the ride and sharpens the handling nicely.
Patrick Beet

I think that for a Mk2 VVC on 215 Eagle F1's it's 24 front and 28 back. I like that setup, so haven't really experimented much.
David Bainbridge

Be careful, over inflating them can make the car feel like your driving on sheet ice, as I found out when ATS did precisely that :-(
James King

I think this is down to the driver. Personally I had the tyres a little undr the recomended pressure because I prefer the feel of the car that way, others, like Rob prefer the pressure a little harder. The manufacturers settings are general, you can quite safely adapt these slightly to your own preferences providing you don't go too far from the recomended pressures. I found only slight differences in pressure were required to get quite large differences in feel.

Every time I get tyres from a tyre dealer they always pump the tyres a couple of bar over the recomended. I then adjust these to my preferences.
Tony Escort Driver

I run around at 28 for the front and 30 for the back
makes a huge difference increases the steering " feel" even"
Neil

I have an Abingdon with 215/40/R16 all round and these tyres are not covered by the manual but my local MG garage has told me they should be 30psi around. Though the Abingdon does scuff the tyres very quickly at the front, I am thinking of ways to solve this, any tips?
L Sparrow

If your front tyres are wearing on the inside (MGF) then setting the front tracking to toe in instead of toe out will cure the problem. It will give a little less understeer also. A little better than the MGR dealer solution of pumping the car up into 4x4 mode.

Personally I think I would find it hard to drive with 215s on the front of an F, I found even 205s tramlined like crazy on uneven surfaces so I ended up with 195s on the front. The optimum front tyre width for the F IMO.
Tony Escort Driver

>>>>I found only slight differences in pressure were required to get quite large differences in feel.

Yes, absoultely. It is worth experimenting, even if you end up back at the 'recommended' pressures.

I was surprised at how much higher (I think) the pressures are for the TF160.
David Bainbridge

When I am doing autotesting I have a couple of space savers which I put on the rear - they are pumped to 45psi which helps the back end to really unstick when you do a handbrake turn
David
david stonehouse

The reason being is that I put 27 in the front and 29 in the back, but it feels a bit weird at the moment, you get the feeling that one of the back tyres are flat, but they are not. Weird

Like a swaying feeling from the back, so might just go back to the standerd.

Regards,
MG
Mike Gibson

This thread was discussed between 18/09/2002 and 24/09/2002

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