HPDE tire question (colder temp)
#16
Burning Brakes
Dry, in 40s, you should be able to get them up to temp as the track gets hotter throughout the day. Wet, probably not. I'd start with much higher pressures than you usually do.
I'll probably gamble on a Chin event at NJMP in March myself - last week or so if the weather looks really bad I might just take the Sottozeros, otherwise I'll run the R888Rs.
I'll probably gamble on a Chin event at NJMP in March myself - last week or so if the weather looks really bad I might just take the Sottozeros, otherwise I'll run the R888Rs.
#18
Rennlist Member
Dry, in 40s, you should be able to get them up to temp as the track gets hotter throughout the day. Wet, probably not. I'd start with much higher pressures than you usually do.
I'll probably gamble on a Chin event at NJMP in March myself - last week or so if the weather looks really bad I might just take the Sottozeros, otherwise I'll run the R888Rs.
I'll probably gamble on a Chin event at NJMP in March myself - last week or so if the weather looks really bad I might just take the Sottozeros, otherwise I'll run the R888Rs.
#19
Define “much higher pressures than you usually do”! In my C4s, I’d start with comfort psi and probably go down from there as the tires heated up. Psi is psi. Doesn’t matter what the outside air temp is except that the rate and degree of change in psi will be effected by the ambient track temp. IMHO, you never want to come off the session above 33F 39R in a 991.
#20
Rennlist Member
So as high as 33-34 I'd think if it's that cold, see if the OP can actually put enough heat in the tires (if it's both cold and wet, it might not be possible), and bleed it down from there. Should be easy to monitor with the in-car TPMS. In contrast, in hot summer weather I start 27-28 and target 35-36 hot, but I also run equal pressures front and back so really to each his own and YMMV.
#22
Advanced
Thread Starter
It’s a common misconception that one needs 1) to drive a Porsche and 2) be a member of PCA to sign up for PCA Potomac track events. The only requirement is that you have at least some previous track experience, which can include several Autocross events, or sign up initially for our High Performance Driving Clinic (also in March), which serves as a basic introduction. Prior to each HPDE cars must be tech inspected. We have a free “tech session” at a local shop one or two weeks before the event. These are enjoyable even if you don’t attend the track event.
EDIT: I figured it out...
Last edited by ChaosHokie; 01-14-2019 at 05:19 PM.