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11-15-2021, 06:41 PM
#542
Okay I'll chime in just for you. We started it with simple rules: 21.5 any GT body, Blinky esc, open gear ratio and FOAM tires. We have a total of one track in Fla that is carpet and the rest are outdoors. The carpet track races once a month. Our class is growing all the time. We are also starting GT10 also on foam tires. The only rubber class run here is F1.We are having fun with the class we started and also the GT10. Florida leads and the rest just follow (for the past 40 years)!
11-15-2021, 06:48 PM
#543
Okay I'll chime in just for you. We started it with simple rules: 21.5 any GT body, Blinky esc, open gear ratio and FOAM tires. We have a total of one track in Fla that is carpet and the rest are outdoors. The carpet track races once a month. Our class is growing all the time. We are also starting GT10 also on foam tires. The only rubber class run here is F1.We are having fun with the class we started and also the GT10. Florida leads and the rest just follow (for the past 40 years)!
11-16-2021, 04:42 AM
#544
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Okay I'll chime in just for you. We started it with simple rules: 21.5 any GT body, Blinky esc, open gear ratio and FOAM tires. We have a total of one track in Fla that is carpet and the rest are outdoors. The carpet track races once a month. Our class is growing all the time. We are also starting GT10 also on foam tires. The only rubber class run here is F1.We are having fun with the class we started and also the GT10. Florida leads and the rest just follow (for the past 40 years)!
11-16-2021, 05:22 AM
#547
Okay I'll chime in just for you. We started it with simple rules: 21.5 any GT body, Blinky esc, open gear ratio and FOAM tires. We have a total of one track in Fla that is carpet and the rest are outdoors. The carpet track races once a month. Our class is growing all the time. We are also starting GT10 also on foam tires. The only rubber class run here is F1.We are having fun with the class we started and also the GT10. Florida leads and the rest just follow (for the past 40 years)!
11-16-2021, 06:11 AM
#548
Yea none of the classes are cheap just some a little cheaper than others, choose your poison 🙄
11-16-2021, 07:28 AM
#549
Have you tried the foam spec tires on our track yet? I have, they didn't work for me. That's why we will find resistance to the spec tires. We could specify purple fronts and blue rears like most people are running, but since those tires don't have any identifying colored stripes, it's impossible to police.
11-16-2021, 10:56 AM
#551
Have you tried the foam spec tires on our track yet? I have, they didn't work for me. That's why we will find resistance to the spec tires. We could specify purple fronts and blue rears like most people are running, but since those tires don't have any identifying colored stripes, it's impossible to police.
edit: Who has tried the SJT rubber tires at P&F?
Last edited by trx-1racer; 11-16-2021 at 11:07 AM.
11-16-2021, 01:20 PM
#552
Actually the purple stripe tires are Lilac compound, slightly softer than purple. They worked fine for me on the front, but were not good on the back. Both Jamie Smith and Joe Schmidt tried the SJT rubber tires and both said they were horrible. Have you run yet on the track? If so, what tires did you like?
11-16-2021, 01:43 PM
#553
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My biggest issue with the SJT tires is that you can only buy them in full sets. We were running the SJT tires and liked the competition, easy maintenance, etc.... But, everyone was running through front tires way faster then rears. So we had piles of barely worn rear tires because we had to keep buying new full sets. We changed back to the spec (purple stripe) foam tires. We all agreed not to cut them down, just take them out of the package and run them, so they last forever, but you are still constantly fiddling with ride height and side-side tire rotation. Not to mention handling changes as the diameters change. I don't think we would have switched back to foams if we could have bought SJT front tires separately.
11-16-2021, 03:21 PM
#554
Tech Master
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My biggest issue with the SJT tires is that you can only buy them in full sets. We were running the SJT tires and liked the competition, easy maintenance, etc.... But, everyone was running through front tires way faster then rears. So we had piles of barely worn rear tires because we had to keep buying new full sets. We changed back to the spec (purple stripe) foam tires. We all agreed not to cut them down, just take them out of the package and run them, so they last forever, but you are still constantly fiddling with ride height and side-side tire rotation. Not to mention handling changes as the diameters change. I don't think we would have switched back to foams if we could have bought SJT front tires separately.
11-16-2021, 05:00 PM
#555
We run on black CRC carpet and get over 40 (6 Min.) runs per set running front camber at 1.5/1.7Deg. 4Deg caster 1.5/2.0Deg toe.
