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  1. 05F430F1

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    #1 05F430F1, Oct 26, 2023
    I usually never look at tire temps and pressures etc but whenever I do, I notice this… the driver’s front is always the highest temp and the lowest is always the passenger rear. I can understand the fronts being higher due to the less volume of a smaller tire than the rear but why such a disparity? It’s often like 10-15 degrees different! My best guess is the extra weight of myself and the steering mechanism and pedals etc on the driver’s front. Is this correct or just another example of why I’m a moron? Image Unavailable, Please Login


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  2. PMiranda

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    #2 PMiranda, Oct 26, 2023
    That's been noticed since the 458. Unless there is a cooler mounted on the left front that vents into the wheel well, I'd assume the driver's weight is causing the extra load. You should put 200 pounds of sandbags in your passenger floorboard for science :)
     
  3. Rifledriver

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    #3 Rifledriver, Oct 26, 2023
    I do not drive cars regularly with tire temp readout but have a lot of miles in a 599 out in open country in hot weather and to a lesser extent a few others. My experience was side to side tire temps were very close. a pound or 2, maybe 3 different. F/R will be more different because of weight bias, size.

    That assumes proper inflation.
     
  4. F8Spider

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    #4 F8Spider, Oct 26, 2023
    I see the exact same pressure pattern in the F8. It’s annoying but there's nothing wrong.
     
  5. greyboxer

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    #5 greyboxer, Oct 26, 2023
    Over the last decade there have been many threads about this - there is a post from 2018 saying there's a heat exchanger exiting into the left front wheel well - at a guess this applies to the entire series but I haven't looked at the parts diagram to confirm
     
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    #6 todd cloud, Oct 26, 2023
    this is correct
     
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  7. wthensler

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    #7 wthensler, Oct 26, 2023
    It’s the two front radiators throwing off heat.

    All my mid engines show warmer at the front.

    No biggie, keep driving.
     
  8. Eric C

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    #8 Eric C, Oct 26, 2023
    Cause your fat mc fatty
     
  9. 05F430F1

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    #9 05F430F1, Oct 26, 2023
    yes, in my recent unemployment boredom eating, I've skyrocketed from 173 to 182! I gotta watch it to be sure I'll keep my girlish figure.
     
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  10. mdrums

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    #10 mdrums, Oct 26, 2023
    Too many “fruit cups” ? ;-)
     
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  11. 05F430F1

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    #11 05F430F1, Oct 26, 2023
    Yes, fruitcups go right to my hips….. and then do unimaginable things.


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