Inflation Pressure - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

The tires installed on your Vehicle. are engineefed, to
provi~ .a: propar , balance
of these pertormance
Characteris~
under
n9l"mal
driving oonditions. '
• Encfur.ance . . ..... '
• Handling
• Noise
• 'Ride
• ROad
HaZardR~sistance'
• Rolling Resistance
,. TractiOn
• Tread
Mileage
. This
sactiori·
has
' s ome
tips' onhOW. you can ·
Qe1
the
most
benefit
from·
these
tires. ' . . .
Vehicle Loading .' .. , . .
The tir~ ·Dr:! your ve~le . wiliperf~m' well ' a~ 8li I"I9rmal ' l~ wh~ Inf(atSd as
recommended on the Tire Placard
(k>cated on
the drivsr's door Of · your
vehicle). 00 not load your vehicle .. beyond the load Iim1ts (total kilograms or
pounds) .shown, on
Ifw:
'Tire
pla~d< lh~
placard tells you
~ , design
limits :of
the, vehiyie. opt just of
tI)e
tires. .;. .
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VEHICLE CAPACIT Y
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. COLD TIRE I'IlESSiJAE
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the tires are other
th!m
standard
toad
range metric-size tires (or Ioad.lange
B
for alpha-numeric size tires). the load range will appear aner
the
tire size stated
on
the Tire Placard, ' , .. • . . . ..
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Inflation .Pressure; ..
The cold inflation pressures listed on the Tire' Placard provide
for
the best
balance 01 fuel'economy. ·tire,Ufe, riding comfort and vehicle· handling under
normal ·driving conditions .
.These
·pressures "should be used for all
vehicle
loading conditions.
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