Speed Buggy

[macr0w]

Yeah, I figured the road rages in some of the pics would not make the cut.

The Losi tires that I have may do ok. They are solid and wont balloon.

I saw some GRP street tires before but CRC didn't have any in stock.

What kind of speeds are you guys getting out of your cars?

I just looked them up and I already have a set of the hotlaps autocross tires.

They do alright but they do balloon.

[BL_RV0]

I will be watching this thread.

[myndseye]

The Losi's are the GRP's. Losi is importing them now exclusively. They will be the only tire you need for your project. I have had them over 100mph.

[SidewaysLS4]

Ipanema slicks are belted, and they come pre-glued if you are as glueing inept as I am. I havent run them yet to see how good they are, but they have a good rep on a 1:8 car racer forum.

[speedracer1129]

Originally Posted by macr0w

Yeah, I figured the road rages in some of the pics would not make the cut.

The Losi tires that I have may do ok. They are solid and wont balloon.

I saw some GRP street tires before but CRC didn't have any in stock.

What kind of speeds are you guys getting out of your cars?

I just looked them up and I already have a set of the hotlaps autocross tires.

They do alright but they do balloon.

Mac,

OFNA 1/8 foams
Medusa 3300kv
5S
18/38
83mph GUARANTEED!!

Have fun!!

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by speedracer1129

Mac,

OFNA 1/8 foams
Medusa 3300kv
5S
18/38
83mph GUARANTEED!!

Have fun!!

What size Medusa? I've got a Hyper 7 TQ that I run onroad with those autocross tires and a 70mm 2000KV Medusa. Currently only geared for 50 MPH but it really goes and has plenty of room to be geared higher. The thing I've noticed about these tires is they plow like mad, I can't turn at all until I get down to 25 MPH or so.

I got my rc8 up to 70mph with the 1.5d on 5s moderately geared. I think you could actually break 80mph though if you get the setup (lowered, shocks, springs, etc) of the car right. I never even got to full throttle. Mine was wheeling all over the place. The bigger issue is keeping the tires on the rims. I could only make about 3 passes before the tires start blowing off the rims.

I used the tires you have in your picture and they held up pretty well after I reinforced the glue. Foams would probably work best.