MikeO

Ive actually been testing used blue foams with some success the last few weeks. I like the way the tire works on the turf this way on my mod car, building what feels like more rear grip this way making a more consistent car for the run.

FastGT94

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Cain

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So we have been running astro here for a few weeks. Going back and forth on tires and so far I am finding I am liking the feel of the jconcepts tires for our conditions better than the schumachers I got in here, the stagger or whatever its called 4wd front (premounts) and the cactus rears, yellow compound. They feel too grippy.

I was wondering if maybe trying a blue compound was worth a shot? Jconcepts pin downs feels just right using a common astro setup on my buggy used in UK with there mini dart tires.

airwoods

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I asked this a couple weeks ago and I was told to lower the ballstud height,lenghthen camber links.Still a little confused on the shock angle. From what ive read to stand them up for initial stiffnes and if they were layed down the initial stroke would be soft but get stiffer as it compresses.So what would be best for carpet?in between I gues.For sct if traction rolling try making your ride height equal if not already and increase your wheelbase if you can.The idea is to lessen rear grip to keep from traction rolling.But as someone told many have moved on from rear motor when all the carpet tracks popped up.Im In your boat using a sc10b so have to for now make the best of it.

FastGT94

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@airwoods, lower which ball stud, inner or outer? Front or rear?

I read lower the front inner ball stud (remove the washer from the stock setup), may give that a shot as well.

airwoods

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FastGT94

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Negative rear toe? Most trucks I've seen have been negative front and positive rear. Negative front helps with turn in and straight stability, positive rear helps with mid apex speed and braking stability. Just making sure we're on the same page there.

Thanks for the tip on the ball studs, I'll try that as my next mod, followed by electrical tape for a temporary tire mod before taking out the dremel

airwoods

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My bad not neg toe but negative camber is what I meant.But for toe im running 0 on the front and the 2.5 block toe on the back with no anti squat plate installed.I actually just trimmed off another row of pins on the tires now so two rows trimmed off.I felt one row wouldn't really make a difference.Pin point and prisms carpet tires have way more grip that a high center sct truck should have and is what causes traction rolls.I have a set of new stock sc10 front tires to try out on the front and rear.I hear they have just the right amount grip with slide.On a tight technical track the carpet tires are great because you can really slow down before the turns to keep from rolling over but the tracks layouts with those big sweepers is where to much traction becomes an issue.I asked the owner about what tires the sct guys were running and he said carpet tires with two rows trimmed off.And these are guys with modern mid motor sct set ups so I figured id roll with it.

Devin

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On very high grip, slim cut stagger and cactus rear are the ticket on my b6.1

roysays

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Schumacher low profile cut staggers with slim rims on the front and Schumacher Mini Darts, Cactus or Mini pins on the rear

big ted

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Curious if anyone has any general tips for those carpet tracks that don't allow pinned tires? At our local track octagons in gold compound seem to be the tire of choice followed by proline primes. It seems the tricky thing with these tracks is that the high traction of pinned tires isn't available, so it requires a very different car setup to what is typically run on carpet...

Cain

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in general we run similar tires. We sauce them with SXT compound. I have found that in this case as you do get some tire drift versus a pin tire, setups that are for high traction clay can be used with some adjustments, or, do some adjustments to a carpet setup to get more grip out of it.

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HK SBR

That's gonna depend on how much traction there is with slicks(or nearly slicks). Usually with a carpet/turf setup where pins are used, I find myself taking out as much traction as I can and trying to keep the car as flat as possible. I've run on CRC carpet with sauced slicks that was like velcro.....pretty much ran the same setup as turf/carpet. It really depends on what you want out of the car and what kind of feel you're after.

fastev

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Same here. I have a set of slim cut staggers that I put some cut down Schumacher foam in as well. Very predictable push on power and off-power steering is just like the same tires with no foam. No sauce on very high grip carpet.