new Hoosier A7 tire

[cloud9]

Very interested in more practical experience with these tires. Probably switching back to DOTs next year.

Me too. I love the R6 and find it much faster than any of the Conti slicks. I haven't tried the Pirelli slicks so don't have a comparison. Is the R6 going away? Many of the initial reports I heard on the R7 weren't very encouraging, but maybe they've changed the compound?

 

[Tucson 302]

Cool! Those are pretty short, gonna lose a couple MPH in each gear--don't be surprised if you have to shift a little bit more. Not a huge deal on any of the tracks out here, though.

Yeah a little shorter, 275/35's are 25.5" and the 295/30's are 25.3"

 

[cloud9]

Yeah a little shorter, 275/35's are 25.5" and the 295/30's are 25.3"

I did top out in 4th on a couple tracks where I had to go to 5th with those. You should be fine on most tracks other than BIR or Road America where you can top out 5th gear around 160.

 

[blacksheep-1]

Blacksheep why do you run A6's vs. R6's? And when you ran the R7's what were your starting pressures? Got a set of R7s for Christmas!

We just preferred those for the application, the pressures were the same to start with.