the new ADVAN NEOVA AD08 - Track Tested
Dec 8, 2008, 09:01 PM
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Nothing better then throttle oversteer. It's such a good feeling. I've been having fun doing that on my all-season coopers! I can BARELY do it with the Z1's. I may just have to try these once my Z1's are dead 
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Dec 10, 2008, 11:44 AM
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J8dailo - I'd expect them to be similar price of the current ad07's.... release is sometime around april 09 i think...
Mitchu - ha ha.... trust me, i'd love to be the tire santa this year but yoko wont let me....
Mitchu - ha ha.... trust me, i'd love to be the tire santa this year but yoko wont let me....
Dec 12, 2008, 09:35 PM
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Great vid Nils, as usual! 
It was great hanging out with you, wife, and crew. It's hard to hate the competition when they are as nice as you guys are.....
Agree that those new Yoks are great! I normally run 255-40-17s (for Redline) so I couldnt do a direct comparo with these 265-35-18s, plus I was running low boost and different shocks etc. None the less, I could tell that they felt great and will probably be the street tire of choice for 2009. The A007's definitely were for 2008!
On a side note, Yok didnt want me to run these at Superlap as they weren't available to the public yet (just released the week earlier at SEMA, available early 2009) and they didnt think it would be fair to the competition, so I (and Nils) ran the A007's instead at Superlap. I was impressed with Yok's ethics to keep things fair, proper, and legal. However, Nitto had their new street tire (also released at SEMA and not available until early 2009) on at least one car at Superlap which was pretty weak.... Neither of these tires will be legal at Redline Time Attack next year unless they are available to the public at that time. I know Yok will stick to their values.....
The saving grace is that Nils still won Superlap anyway on the older A007 tire. Congrats again
It was great hanging out with you, wife, and crew. It's hard to hate the competition when they are as nice as you guys are.....
Agree that those new Yoks are great! I normally run 255-40-17s (for Redline) so I couldnt do a direct comparo with these 265-35-18s, plus I was running low boost and different shocks etc. None the less, I could tell that they felt great and will probably be the street tire of choice for 2009. The A007's definitely were for 2008!
On a side note, Yok didnt want me to run these at Superlap as they weren't available to the public yet (just released the week earlier at SEMA, available early 2009) and they didnt think it would be fair to the competition, so I (and Nils) ran the A007's instead at Superlap. I was impressed with Yok's ethics to keep things fair, proper, and legal. However, Nitto had their new street tire (also released at SEMA and not available until early 2009) on at least one car at Superlap which was pretty weak.... Neither of these tires will be legal at Redline Time Attack next year unless they are available to the public at that time. I know Yok will stick to their values.....
The saving grace is that Nils still won Superlap anyway on the older A007 tire. Congrats again
Dec 14, 2008, 10:36 PM
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One question- any idea how much focus they put on improving wet performance vs the AD07? We run a track event that includes a wet skidpad and usually a wet track event. Last time we ran the AD07s, and while they were great in the dry they got destroyed in wet/ cold conditions by Goodyear F1 Asymmetrics and the like. Trying to figure out if we should try these...
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Very good insight- thanks for the preview.
One question- any idea how much focus they put on improving wet performance vs the AD07? We run a track event that includes a wet skidpad and usually a wet track event. Last time we ran the AD07s, and while they were great in the dry they got destroyed in wet/ cold conditions by Goodyear F1 Asymmetrics and the like. Trying to figure out if we should try these...
One question- any idea how much focus they put on improving wet performance vs the AD07? We run a track event that includes a wet skidpad and usually a wet track event. Last time we ran the AD07s, and while they were great in the dry they got destroyed in wet/ cold conditions by Goodyear F1 Asymmetrics and the like. Trying to figure out if we should try these...
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