Aardwolf

I picked up a set of Hoosier wets on clearance for $486 shipped, 315's in 17". They did just fine in dry conditions for my car at Road America. There was no blistering, no chunking, just good long lasting grip. The last session of the day it started to pour and they were amazing in the wet. At that price in this expensive hobby it was an awesome deal.

Hi Volts Z06

The intended temperature range of that tire is about 110 degrees F. IF you didn't cook them- you weren't getting them too hot. Mine turn blue during a race in full blown rainstorm.

Aardwolf

Yep, you guys racing on them will be pounding on them way more than I was for an HPDE event. They had good consistent grip in 25 minute sessions all day long. Way better than scrubs that would get greasy after a few laps.

Han Solo

Damn, I wouldn't mind getting a set of those. Looks like they are all out of the 315/17s though.

Aardwolf

A final review of rain tires on dry track.

I used these for two years of mixed drag, NASA TT, and HPDE. My best time at Road America with them was 2:41.31 on lap 2. On my car they warm up fast and the best times were lap 2. With shorter sessions times they were greasy by the end but my oil temps were high so that worked out fine.

Down at the wear bars track time has fallen off a lot. I did not find that they wore out fast or anything else unusual.

At drag race my best 60' was 1.76 which I still find very impressive for these tires and a road race alignment.

They did well for the cost and next season I'll get some new A7's I think. Or R7, after these I would like a longer lasting grip in the tire (though I need to lower end of session oil temp).

ratt_finkel

My experience with these is they rock in the wet and suck in the dry. About as fast in the dry as a top street tire. They over heat quickly, have soft sidewalls and wear out extremely quickly on abrasive surfaces.

Aardwolf

Yes def not as fast as a slick. After one event I had to drive home in a thunder storm and it was nice having confidence that I would make it lol! With slicks I would have had to wait it out.

froggy47

Might make a good autox PRACTICE tire, you get to water them in between laps.

Aardwolf

Yes good idea! My point with the info is that they are fine (at least on my TT3 pw/wt car) to run in the dry. I did have the outside edge turn blue. Since I've bought them I've seen some racers selling off wets they didn't use that season. The savings there is nearly a grand over slicks, for cheap fun.

fatbillybob

What a timely thread. NASA assigns points in an attempt to equalize cars on specific tire classes. NASA gives more points to Hoo Wet when used in dry! Does that imply that you can get some fast laps dry with a HooWet? Well Now I want to try a hoowet in the dry. Anyone else try this?

1) The following DOT-approved R-compound tires: BFG R1S, Goodyear Eagle RS AC (autocross), Hankook Z214 (C90 & C91 compound only), Hoosier A7, Hoosier Wet DOT (if used in dry conditions—see section 5.6) +22
2) The following DOT-approved R-compound tires: Hoosier A6 +17
3) The following DOT-approved R-compound tires and those with a UTQG treadwear rating of
40 or less not listed otherwise in these rules: BFG R1, Goodyear Eagle RS,
Hankook Z214 (C71, C70, C51, C50), Hoosier R6 & R7 & SM7, Kumho V710 (note: Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge EC-Dry tires OK (225, 245, 275) +10
4) The following DOT-approved R-compound tires: Toyo Proxes RR, Hankook TD +7
5) The following DOT-approved R-compound tires and those with a UTQG treadwear rating of
50 to 130: Maxxis RC-1 (ex. Kumho V700, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup, Nitto NT01, Pirelli
PZero Corsa, Toyo R888, Toyo RA-1, Yokahama A048, etc.) +6
6) DOT-approved (non-R-compound) tires with a UTQG treadwear rating of 120-200
(examples: BFG g-Force Rival, Bridgestone Potenza RE070, Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec, Hankook R-S3, Kumho Ecsta XS, Toyo R1R, Yokohama Advan A046 & Neova AD08,) +2
7) Non-DOT-approved racing slicks +30 (of any origin--re-caps and re-treads are not permitted)