Theres still a few more new ones on the way so Im sure they are waiting for them to show up.

 

Impressive tire!
PCA had an instructor candidate track day at Little Tally in Alabama. New 255/40-17s RE11A's on 17x9 Rays.
I had less than a 100 street miles when the first session started. Plenty of grip but I had not adjusted the Koni sports so the car was floaty. Made a tire pressure and shock adjustment and the rest of the day was awesome! The car was very predictable and provided great feed back.
I have BFG R1s that I use, the RE11A's are not giving up much in grip and you can drive on the streets to the events in the rain without putting anyone in danger!
The tire rides great, is very quiet and grips like glue, I think we havea winner

 

Sounds like there are a lot of great new tires coming out right now.

 

The big thing that's missing from the little user reviews I'm seeing of the RE-11As and other new tires are track impressions. How do they handle heat? Do they get greasy?

The best tires for the street are not always the best on track. Z1 Star Spec was a good example. Great on the street and for auto-x because they get gummy very fast, but not so good for track sessions, where they overheat and go greasy.

Tire Rack can't do their comparison test soon enough!

 

^^From a few autox and HPDE's that Ive been to the consensus is that they are a much improved tire than the old re11 in every aspect was and takes much better to heat. I know Sebring Ap1 had nothing but great things to say about his re11a's after the last S2kchallenge/hpde he attended and hes been on numerous sets extreme category tires. Very civil and quiet on city roads and grips extremely well, I know its gonna be my next set for sure. The only thing that hasnt been determined yet is if they maintain their performance characteristics just like the old re11's after numerous heat cycles and tread loss, because even down to the cord (or close to it) the old re11s maintained their performance. The only downside I thought was their price, and now the re11a has even fixed that aspect.

 

What PSI is everyone running for the 11As?

 

I'm running 37psi hot.

 

Same here. I am 37psi front and 34psi rear.

 

The RE-11A is incredible. Having just come from a set of same sized RE-11 and no other changes to my car I can say without question the provide noticeably more grip, and retain all the other great qualities of the RE-11. The only thing I can really say is the RE-11A compound makes a bit more noise at the limit, but nothing crazy.

You really have to scrub them in for a bit for them to reach their potential. I have put around 1000 miles on them (75% touge driving) and they are really reaching their potential now. If at the track I would say it would probably take four twenty minute sessions to really scrub them in depending on the track surface. The grip before they are scrubbed in isn't bad at all, but wow when they come alive they really come alive. Bananas.

I was running 35 cold all around to begin (out in the mountains in the middle of the night it is usually pretty cool so getting temperature into the tires takes a bit more, and I am usually doing only 10-15 minute runs) but I will be switching back to my usual 32 cold all around for pressures, aiming for around 38 hot. I find that setting a cold tire pressure makes way more sense. There are so many factors that will contribute to how much the tire heats up and changes pressure, and it is always tough to get a consistent way to measure hot tire pressure without a normal pit stop routine.

 

^Good info!