Tire saver: Tips to get more for less on your next set of wheels
Companies make tires for summer, snow and all seasons, so consider the climate where you live, says Bob Toth, manager of passenger tire marketing for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
There's also generally a tradeoff between handling, fuel economy and tread wear, and you need to come up with the best compromise for your needs. Tires that handle and stop better generally have softer rubber that grips the road better but wears out more quickly. Gripping the road also can cut into fuel economy. Higher-mileage tires with harder rubber don't handle as well but can get better mileage.
Toth suggests looking at Web sites for tire reviews from consumers and independent testers. He uses online store Tire Rack because the company performs its own tests and lists customer reviews. The outside diameter and width of the tires generally need to be the same as the original tires, and the load-carrying capacity must be the same or better. If the diameter is too far off, new tires will throw off speedometers and other gauges that are set to a certain number of tire revolutions per mile. A different width can hurt the vehicle's handling. If the load capacity is too low, it could make tires wear faster.
2005 Chevrolet Gas Gauge Issue - what is the cause?
I have a Chevrolet Cavalier 2005, and the gas gauge keeps fluctuating between full and empty, each time on / off. If you have recently been...
fuel sensor or float in the gas tank is bad, the tank has to come out to replace it.
1991 C/K 1500 Gauges. - Chevy Forums at Chevy High Performance ...
Two friends drinking beer..
One says: I got needle gauges that will go into your truck!, Its even got a tach on it! (find out its was out of his wrecked 94 chev)
me: awesoooome.. lets tear out these ugly roll over gauges and put em in!
over excited, I finally got those roll over gauges that i so greatly disliked and couldnt wait to stomp the crap out of em..
Guess what... The 94 had a exposed circut board. and my orginal has a female PIN cluster in the cavity. (the gauges it self had a male PIN) Called the chevy dealer and its like a 380$ OEM part. 5 junkyards didnt even have it.
after my mistake, needless to say, I kinda put drinking and driveway mechanics dont mix, Now i dont even have a cluster like an idiot.
Thankfully its not my daily driver and I am currently puting a 327 in it.
(am I gonna need a special Tach for the Rev differences?)
I am thinking about buying a 5 gauge pod/cluster set. (4") cups. Any ideas? has anyone put a piece of steel and mounted these gauges in there like that? Kinda trying to get all the advice I can before my dad finds out.
damn it..
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