limey940

Getting excited for my first official track time this weekend.
Can anyone give me a sense of what hot tire pressures i should be looking at?

thanks

coryf

Start at what porsche recommends on the door sticker cold. Don't worry too much about the cars handling your first time. Focus on the track and driving smooth. Have fun!

limey940

Thanks for the response, but having done a couple of unofficial track days in my previous 997 and noticing how the handling went of when the pressures got up to 50 lb im trying to figure out what hot temps should be.
if anyone can help that would be great

cheers

stuttgart46

We were running a 997T on Tuesday. After my student started pushing the car a little the pressures got up to 50 lbs. I could feel it skating a bit so we took out 5-6 lbs from the rears and 2-3 from the fronts. The TPMS was yelling at us but the handling was much better. I think we finished the next session around 47 rear and 45 fronts. He was running Michelins.
Good luck.

hlee1169

I usually keep my front tires around 34~35 hot, and rear 37~38 hot. But I am running on 19" Michelen PSS instead of the OEM 20" Pirelli PZero's. However, I did notice that the grip went away when the tire pressure got into 40's, on both PSS and PZero's.

I would suggest you get a pyrometer to measure the tire tread temperature right after a session, I found it far more useful in adjusting my tire pressures then just simply guessing.

limey940

Thanks a lot guys
cheers