Your missing the point. Nobody argues that Foam is not faster in alot of situations. What is being said... is when things get competetive ( which they always do ). then people will be truing the tires down , so they are 1 or 2 run tires... at that point, you either true your tires down that small, or go home.. because the person truing will be faster. If you want to be competetive, you buy more tires.
Now at Oakland Park, if your not getting 8-10 decent runs out of your rubber tires, then your not setup right. Well then again ( not picking on you here) .. you guys run non rules conforming classes. You dont set a minimum weight.... you guy are out having a good time., and thats great for the hobby, but when it coems to getting into competetive racing, IMHO, you are off base the cost WILL be higher... you could be roasting the rubber with that power...
We run the CS 27 in FSEARA,and if you race that series, you can buy the tires at a sereis price... you would be surpised.... Johan, come on up on Wed night, and you can try out my rubber shod car...
Just because something is faster, does not mean it is better ( more fun for sure:>)
Originally Posted by yyhayyim
Not all run Rubber in Florida. We actually have those that run electric TCs on foams. Especially by the Coral Springs and Okland Park tracks. For the past year we have been running them, and they are defenitely better. We dont true them. There is no real need for this. We just run them new, and set it up so that they handle even better than new rubbers. As the foams wear, they get better and better, while the rubbers get worse. On prepared tracks we get 12-15 runs, running GTB 3.5 and 4.5 with Orion 4800 Lipo's(that's what we run, Brushless with foams and Lipo). With rubbers, we get 6-8 runs at best, and they cost about $35-38 for set of 4, versus $24 for set of 4 Ennetti tires. I dare anyone to try racing a good TC driver with brand new rubber tires, and another good driver with new foam tires. Set cars up for the track and you'll see that the foams driver will be quicker, faster, and save lots of money in the end.