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Tyre pressures for track

Hmmmm - not sure if that's something I want to do to a near 15 year old car with 114,000 miles under it!!
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Mines done 150K+, and of a simillar age, but isn't afraid of a good thrashing.

Consider:- You can either treat the car like a fragile old lady or use it for what it was intended. If you opt for the latter, and something does let go, you are far better off on the track than you would be on the open road.

At the end of the day, if you drive any car to the edge if its, or your, limit something could go wrong. How much better to be in an environment where eimmediate assistance is at hand rather than to find yourself in a ditch in the middle of no where.
 
The "quote" used was in response to the suggestion of using slicks, which, it was suggested, may put the car under more stress than with "normal" road tyres. I fully intend to take the car on the track, hence the reason for starting the thread in the first place. I most certainly do not treat the car like a frail old lady.
Chill.
 
Your tyres should be fine especially as it is unlikely to be very hot this time of year. On a hot day newish tyres tend to get too hot too quickly as the tread blocks move around, and will wear faster than more worn tyres. Was suggesting the slicks more for those that have been bitten by the bug as
a) they are available relatively cheaply as Paul says which can save your road rubber.
b) they will make you much faster through the corners and hence the straights.

but yes they will increase the load on other components - my last track day was my first on slicks and I will definately add extra brake ducting before the next one - the brakes were getting very hot. I also have a noisier rear wheel bearing than before the event, (will get changed soon). My car is a bit younger at only 13ish but it has done 136,000 miles (front wheel bearings changed before the last trackday).

Tony

P.S. on slicks by the end of the Silverstone evening, i.e. once I had acclimatised to them I was lapping consistently with a 996 Turbo ( I think on road tyres) and a couple of 2003 BMW M3's on road legal race rubber.
 
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