A7's for street use?

[jid]

Anyone run Hoosier A7's for street use? I have the R888's and don't love them. Not tracking the car hardly at all these days but i would like a stickier tire for those spirited blasts.

JD

[MadMaxAtom]

One problem with A7s or R7s..or most any Hoosier tire for that matter... is they mysteriously lose air...sometimes 2-3lbs per day,sometimes more! This is with new tires on new rims.It has happened to me since I started using them over 10 years ago.One piece wheels,3 piece wheels..doesn't matter. Hoosiers are the only tire I have ever used that do this.

[Jeff_Kay]

R7s need to warm up or they are worse then a cheap street tire. They are designed that way. A7s are a bit better but still need heat. Best choice is probably an NT01 or Bridgestone Potenza RE-71R.

[David Wilson]

Has anyone ran Kumho tires on their Ariel?

I also want good tires for my street driving and hopefully some autocross events this next year.

[MadMaxAtom]

I ran V710 Kumhos front and rear with better autocross success than the stock Yoko 048s, but they would never approach a temperature where they would be most sticky,even after back to back to back runs. The problem is 99.99% of all tires are made for heavier cars and will not reach the 165f-180f degree mark where they will work best. The only tire I have found that will reach optimum temp (maximum grip) are the FA tires that Hoosier makes,and they are not DOT tires.

[atom ant]

Best I was able to achieve was 125 deg on the tire after a session. to get it any higher you would have to spend the first 5 laps drifting around every corner.

[timcking]

I've run A-7s on the street since last year. No problems. I do have one that loses air, but it's either the wheel or valve stem, since it did so with the two previous tires. I haven't gotten serious about finding the source of the leak.

The A-7s work very well. I only drive it when it's +70 degrees, and never in the rain. Just don't drive in the dirt or over a lot of gravel.