trackday tyre pressures - up, down, or road?

[skinny]

hi all, i've done about 7-8 trackdays now and generally start with my tyre pressures just a few psi over road settings to stop them falling over round corners (car weighs just under 1000kg, i run at about 26-28psi on the road).

this seems to do me ok, i get pretty even wear across the tyre (currently using hankook RS2) and grip and response are good.

but i know that some people (in the same car) whack the pressures up (by like 10psi), i guess to stop the tyre falling over and also to lessen the overheating by not allowing the tyre to move about so much*. and others take their pressures down to allow for the fact that the tyre temp will increase beyond what you'd get on the road and so overall pressure will go higher (tho i guess it's a bit sloppy on track until things do warm up!).

so who is right, or does it depend on whether you are using trackday type tyres or not?

or do i just need to invest in a tyre thermometer so that i can monitor tyre temps, and simply adjust so that temps are as even as possible across the tyre?

thanks in advance

• is this assumption correct!? a tyre with high cold pressure will run cooler than one with low cold pressure?

Edited by skinny on Monday 25th February 17:33

[skinny]

ok cheers guys - looks like i'll have to invest in a tyre pyrometer and just get out there and take things from there