Charlie don't surf wrote:Thin rubber "cap" wrapped over a foam tire, I have some old ones here somewhere- we used them at tracks that didn't allow foams. Rubber over foam equals flubbers
AKA "caps".
nah, radial caps are asphalt belted rubber tires with closed cell cores. The dirt oval flubber is a mounted and trued rubber foam, trued to a desired size and shape then coated with contact cement or silicone then a thin soft rubber tire is placed over the foam tire. Kinda same principle ( very low expansion during high loads and wheel speeds ) but the caps were used to maintain traction on high speeds, the flubber was a way to get around the " no foams " rules at tracks when you came into town for a big race.
JB, the GrandPrix tires I had came on my first BBT sprintcar,I asked Randy where they came from and was told they were from England,they were an exact match to the ones on Eslay...JohnnySr
Charlie don't surf wrote:Thin rubber "cap" wrapped over a foam tire, I have some old ones here somewhere- we used them at tracks that didn't allow foams. Rubber over foam equals flubbers
AKA "caps".
nah, radial caps are asphalt belted rubber tires with closed cell cores. The dirt oval flubber is a mounted and trued rubber foam, trued to a desired size and shape then coated with contact cement or silicone then a thin soft rubber tire is placed over the foam tire. Kinda same principle ( very low expansion during high loads and wheel speeds ) but the caps were used to maintain traction on high speeds, the flubber was a way to get around the " no foams " rules at tracks when you came into town for a big race.
Tamiya and their Tire caps and other manufacturers and us pancar guys in Europe who call rubber sleeved foamies caps disagree.
Yeah I have a bunch of Lunchbox parts as this is what the KRP car uses for a rear axle. The majority of the rims were Tamiya as well. The fronts are too, they just cut them and narrowed them down. Sometimes on the left rear too. I'll try to get some pics up after christmas.
JB, I wanted to know more on the GP tires and alum wheels so I called Randy again the tires did come from England and were used in 1/8 racing and the gentleman that made the wheels was in Colorado and has since passed on....JB are ya still in the Military or did ya ETS yet? Thanks JohnnySr
Thanks for the info Johnny. Yeah, I'm still in the military trying to stick it out for the long haul. Already past halfway but damn if these sensitive soldiers and politics are killing me! Hard to be an NCO when you can't cuss or even touch a soldier. Some of these kids need to be smacked around! All they do is complain and whine. Oh well, back on topic. lol.
Johnboy72 wrote:Thanks for the info Johnny. Yeah, I'm still in the military trying to stick it out for the long haul. Already past halfway but damn if these sensitive soldiers and politics are killing me! Hard to be an NCO when you can't cuss or even touch a soldier. Some of these kids need to be smacked around! All they do is complain and whine. Oh well, back on topic. lol.
Yup! know whay Ya mean...I was always cracking helmet liners on some recruits that didn't get in line Ahhhh the good ole days...wish I coulda stayed in...but wrong place wrong time and 1 year in the hospital and all the training went to waste..not like the civies wanted a broken soldier...especialy in the late 60's...
So I went to the O's game last Saturday and they had alot of the track barriers and stuff set up already...Sad that it is still in limbo because of how bad the area has gotten...They can't get a major sponsor for the event so nobody is sure if it...
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Last Week end in Kampenhout Belgium, the fabulous Asso Man! drives is RC10B4 in front of many European drivers from UK, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium .
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Each time I watch at those pics from oOple, I am gone for 1 hour or so, Jim reallly does a good job there :wink:
Its called Grand Prix- The Killer Years . I found the whole documentary on this site. View at your own risk. The video stops every couple minutes to play an advertisement but its not too bad.