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I'm going to my first Porsche Club DE event this weekend. I'm going to be driving my 2001 Boxster S, with stock 18 inch Sport Design Wheels. What should I do about tire pressures? Use stock, recommended PSIs. Just curious on opinions.

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I'm going to my first Porsche Club DE event this weekend. I'm going to be driving my 2001 Boxster S, with stock 18 inch Sport Design Wheels. What should I do about tire pressures? Use stock, recommended PSIs. Just curious on opinions.

If it is your first DE, I wouldn't worry about pressures too much. My usual recommendation to my first time students (those that ask) is to start at the recommended pressures, and check after each session, bleeding them down as necessary to maintain the recommended pressures. As the day progresses, you will get better, you will be using your brakes more, heating up the rotors, calipers and wheels, creating more pressure in the tires. Eventually, you will reach equalibrium and won't have to bleed anymore.

But note, by the time you get home, assuming interstate driving, your tires will be underinflated.

Tire pressures get to be a big deal when you start getting more experience, and you can use tire pressures to make some compensation to oversteer and understeer. Mostly though, as you get more events under your belt, you will want to pay attention to the pressures for tire wear reasons.

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Depending upon your tire brand, you will see small arrows on the side of the treadwall. If you are not rolling over to the arrows, you are overinflated. Conversely, if you are rubbing them off, add a little more air.

Track days are a blast; concentrate on smoothness and don't worry about how quick you are...it comes with seat time.

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