white6speed

Any sense of how the '19 MT T's are selling now. Seems like few in marketplace

spyderbret

I just switched to the Cup 2's and love them. I run 31/33 front rear pressures for daily duty. On track they have been really good around 33-34 max hot pressures. On the street there is not much heat\pressure build up. On the drive into work I may see a 2psi gain on a hot day. On the track I drop at least 5psi before my first session and then adjust accordingly. I'm still have a lot to learn about tires and am on a quest to gain knowledge in this area. I will say the Cup 2's are a great tire but they do come with sacrifices, such as much higher wear and less wet performance. Personally, I'm ok with that. Let us know what you think after a few thousand miles.

lamacan

thanks both for chiming in. since those pressures are far below factory settings, does it set off the TPMS warning having Cup 2's at that pressure?

as for PPF, I have full front end PPF. front bumper, rear bumper, hood, fenders, mirrors with wrapped edges and windshield is exoshielded. the lower sills and quarters are done as well and raised a few inches above the porsche standard line. should i worry?

smiles11

My experience. All around the painted edges of the wheel wells get thrashed due to the sticky compound rubber on the Cup 2’s. So as long as your PPF tucks around all the wheel wells, you’ll be fine.

Wing Commander

Comfort part load pressures are 29/31 in the UK manual. Can you set ‘comfort’ pressures in the US?

spyderbret

Comfort pressures are in that range here too. I picked pressures that I thought would work for my conditions and so far so good.

lamacan

thanks everyone. appreciate the input. i feel better now all around.

spdracerut

Billy Johnson, former Chip Gannasi Racing Ford GT pro-driver, just wrote a fantastic article on tires and the Cup2s specifically.

https://motoiq.com/not-all-michelin-...ated-the-same/

911-TOUR

Thank you for the link. Best best article I've read all weekend.

911-TOUR

I love that my car is on the 1st page of the DeepView...Would be very interesting to know how many were built before it. I know BlackOptic's car was close to mine (we were among the first in North America to take delivery).

BA73

My car is listed as #620/620 for 2019 PCNA with a build date of April 3rd. Graph shows PCNA cars with May build dates, but after clicking on a hundred+ late VINs, cant find any build date after 4/3/19.

lamacan

where do you see numbers? mine shows as 2019-05-27 production month, commission C92710.

BlackOptic

Yah, mine was #2 into the country! Yeah.

Talking of Yeah, and the afore mentioned ‘private’ track... i pretty much had this all to myself all day. Oregon Raceway Park... about 140 miles east of Portland. In the middle of nowhere. This was my best lap of the day. I gave up on the Porsche Precision App... and went with RaceChrono Pro.

The morning sessions are alway faster than the afternoon (I say ‘always‘... this was day three). The ambient air temp heats up to 80, and with the minimal sound insulation I am getting freaked out with the sounds of tire rubber, rocks, etc hitting the rear fenders... and the P-zero tires seem to get squishy. I was hawkish on the pressure and kept it to 34/36 but they look terribly messed up right now. The new brakes are amazing, the car is performing great. It’s just the rubber situation that has me a little concerned.

lamacan

looks great and well enjoyed. should drop your hands to 9 and 3 instead of 10 and 2. you'll get better range of motion and a wider lock without having to adjust your hands as much.

spdracerut

I love big brakes! What pads did you run?