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Originally Posted by DylansZLE

I am in the same boat, I just got some Pirelli take offs and was worried about the cold temps for this weekend. A friend also told me to take at least two laps to warm the tires up.

It’s gonna take more than 2 laps this weekend. Took about 10 minutes of track time to warm up this past weekend at 80 and overcast.

[Christian1LE]

I ran pirelli take offs in cold weather ~ 50 degrees. They are pretty bad for a couple of laps and it takes about 5 laps to get good heat into them, but they never quite get to operating temperature I don't think. The fronts never felt like they had great grip in them, they always felt a little bad. I don't have much experience with slicks though so that's just my anecdotal story. Even with what I felt like was suboptimal "grip" they were still about 2 seconds faster than the SC3's.

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Originally Posted by Christian1LE

I ran pirelli take offs in cold weather ~ 50 degrees. They are pretty bad for a couple of laps and it takes about 5 laps to get good heat into them, but they never quite get to operating temperature I don't think. The fronts never felt like they had great grip in them, they always felt a little bad. I don't have much experience with slicks though so that's just my anecdotal story. Even with what I felt like was suboptimal "grip" they were still about 2 seconds faster than the SC3's.

Yeah I'm not expecting to have slick magic. Just hoping it's usable

[DylansZLE]

My Pirelli take offs were pretty great in our 38 degree weather over the weekend at Road America. Took some time to get them "warm" - they never got hot but still performed great.

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Originally Posted by DylansZLE

My Pirelli take offs were pretty great in our 38 degree weather over the weekend at Road America. Took some time to get them "warm" - they never got hot but still performed great.

Saw you there! Loved your 371 number. Great touch. I was running in group 3.
I agree, my tires performed excellent after they "warmed" up. I think the freshly paved surface was a tremendous help with grip. By Sunday, I was on 3 day old take offs with no noticeable difference in traction (could also be because I'm not running the car super hard). On Monday when we ran the bend, I had no traction on the old surface.

[DylansZLE]

Bummer it was so cold, prevented a lot of guys from wandering and meeting new people (me included). Here is my fastest lap from the weekend:

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Originally Posted by DylansZLE

Bummer it was so cold, prevented a lot of guys from wandering and meeting new people (me included). Here is my fastest lap from the weekend:

Great lap! I started my PDR finish line from the pits, which apparently was too far to create the GPS map, so I don't have any official times. 2:37 was my fastest unofficial time with a stop watch. Can't wait to go back, it was my first time at RA.