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Old 12-15-2011, 01:30 PM
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TIRELIEFS™ Tire Pressure Relief Valves (link)



It would be nice to 'set it and forget it'.

Relieves tire pressure buildup as you race - automatically.

Use with quick change adapters or mount directly in your wheels by drilling a 1/8" NPT thread hole.

3-40 psi range
100 mesh inlet filter - to keep dirt inside tire from plugging TIRELIEF™
Lightweight aluminum - only 9 grams - won't affect wheel balance
Pro-Team TIRELIEF™ Kit

Preset your TIRELIEFS™ BEFORE you install them in the wheels. The setting tool uses your compressed air supply to accurately simulate tire pressure to set valves precisely.

Kit includes:

6 TIRELIEF™ valves
12 wheel adapters
1 setting tool
1 inflation adapter
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If you do a search, you'll come up with other discussions about them. I don't remember reading any examples of a user being happy with them.

You're adding weight to the stem, and you're allowing a safety item to be controlled by something that's less intelligent than yourself.

But if you try them, let us know how it works.
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Originally Posted by SH || NC
TIRELIEFS™ Tire Pressure Relief Valves (link)



It would be nice to 'set it and forget it'.
Used them for years with almost zero problems. Dave Coleman from Summit Point showed me about their care and use. He had used them for many years in SCCA racing running them on the inside of the wheel where no one could see them. Once installed in the wheel we did not remove them. We didn't use the ones that you set and install, just used the ones that are screwed into the wheel in place of the valve stem. Used teflon tape and a nut on the back side as I recall. Ran about 19-21psi in them. When the car came in they would bleed off the extra pressure as the tires soaked up heat from the rotors.

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I tried them but my crew did not want to, and maybe we didn't give them a good chance. I have a new set and a used set if you want to try them.



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