Tire Choices

[tony k]

Hi All,
I havent driven RC cars since about the early nineties when I was racing my RC10 CE at an indoor track in Colorado Springs. I recently picked up a worlds car rerelease I've have been driving the heck out of it and having a great time.

Generally speaking, I'm looking to set up the car for general off road driving, not racing on a well groomed track. Sticks, rocks, loam, grass, loose gravel, and steep terrain are what I'm driving on. I've been running Proline calibers on the rear. They work fine as long as I stay on the gravel/dirt roads, but in truly "offroad" conditions the small knobs don't do much.

Does anyone make more aggressive tires that might work better for the conditions I describe? I would try rc10 classic tire/ wheel rears, but my understanding is that it is 1/4" rather than 3/16" inch.

Thanks!

[harvey]

These are the most aggressive tires I have found, moulded in a 'vintage' hard compound that helps the spikes penetrate. Rock throwing fun!

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/400175470769?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

The fronts included are fine if you trim off most of the spikes, I'm down to just 2 rows and they still have tonnes of traction.

For cut spikes, these are okay:

https://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idproduct=27511

Again a hard compound that is more useful for loose conditions; they don't perform as well as a Proline Bow-tie on a track.

[tony k]

Thanks Harvey. I think I might get a set of those seben tires.

[tony k]

Would these fit on associated rims?

http://www.amain.com/rc-cars/schumacher-racing-full-spike-2.2-1-10-buggy-rear-tires-2-yellow-schu6596/p362309?v=170804

[scr8p]

As long as you have 2.2 rims. Gonna need foam inserts, they don't come with them.

[kaiser]

the tires that come on the Tamiya dt02 buggies, like the sand viper, are hard spikes/no insert. they work well on grass and ungroomed surfaces.