RCPhenom

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I want to give AKA a try on my SC5m for off-road carpet. Anyone tried that? If so, any recommendations? I am looking at Impacts and Gridirons...but open to suggestions here...please help a brutha!

RCPhenom

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or would cityblocks (soft compound) be a better play?

ashxxx

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They have carpet tires for truck. Not aka but other brands. I think a real carpet tire would be better.

Callaway

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Schumacher mini pins rear.

Front:
Schumacher stagger rib, mini pins with outer rows clipped, or JConcepts Carvers (gold compound).

billdelong

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I've seen a local racer (Bob) have decent results with CityBlocks at our local turf track, though he recently switched to a pin tire from ProLine and then he started turning roughly the same fast lap time as me. CityBlocks were about 0.5 to 1 sec slower per lap on average. I'm running discontinued dBoots on my 4WD SC, and that tire tends to run a little more consistent based on what I'm seeing, both Bob and I are equally skilled drivers and here's some results to get an idea with his ProLine vs my dBoots:
Thornhill Racing Circuit :: Thornhill Jr 8/19/17 :: Mod 4wd Sc A1-Main :: LiveRC

dBoots are a little softer compound than the Z4 from ProLine which makes the truck a little easier to drive and less likely to traction roll. The harder the compound the more traction you get.... I might start experimenting with Z3's on the rear and Z4's on the front.

You also want to use the sanding drum on a dremel to grind off the pins of the outer 2 rows of pins on the front tires when running on turf.

I also ran some JConcepts GooseBumps, and they worked pretty well too, though they were wearing very fast... it's a tough balance to find the right compound for a turf track and I'd bet that every turf track is different when it comes to which compounds perform better.

RCPhenom

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thanks for the help, everyone. very much appreciated.