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Re: why do 1/8 buggies run narrow rear wheels and tires?

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:08 am
by Lowgear
Truggies are an answer to a question no one asked.

Re: why do 1/8 buggies run narrow rear wheels and tires?

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:24 am
by JK Racing
Here is a shot of the proline "wide" 1/8th buggy wheels, I dont think they took off as expected:

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Found a fat tire 1/8th, I think it is not a production unit though:

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Re: why do 1/8 buggies run narrow rear wheels and tires?

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:43 am
by EvolutionRevolution
kaiser wrote:the bigger question is why are truggy tires so damn big?
They must be compensating for a lack of something in another area. Possibly that "something" is not located on the truggy itself. :P

Re: why do 1/8 buggies run narrow rear wheels and tires?

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:06 am
by kink
^
:lol: Harsh

Re: why do 1/8 buggies run narrow rear wheels and tires?

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:48 am
by Chris K
I actually have a few sets of those too - they're not too bad when you use 4 of the same size but when I have tried 2 larger on the rear it upsets the balance of the car and augments push.....

I think those wheels and tires may have spurred some regulation change by ROAR....

Re: why do 1/8 buggies run narrow rear wheels and tires?

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:56 am
by flipwils11
I do prefer the staggered look even on 4wd. At least on full scale cars, a narrower front tire tends to induce understeer.

Agreed on truggies, those things would be voted least likely for shelfer status in 20 years, beating out the RTR Slash.