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Old 08-09-2009, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by BIG DADDY8
Needing to find some info on tires. Looking for a harder compound tire for the cup car. We run them on asphalt preped track. Like to find a rim and tire thats the same diameter(if there is one) as the one's that come on the car or close to it. The "m" compound is too soft and wearing out fast.
unfortunately, the cup racer tire is an unique size...

Tamiya, HPI original Mini and ABC tires/rims are all 54mm - HPI made the cup racer 60mm why, I dunno probably more 'scale' then either a full-sized TC tire or the existing mini-tires...

is your place running strictly Cup Racers? if not, you probably have an advantage running your Cup Racer because of its bigger tires (you're roll out is higher with the CR tires then a standard mini tire - given the same gearing)

You might wanna check out 3Racing or Square - they might have someting...Did you try a drift tire for the hell of it?
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