SAUCE = Tire traction compound

There has been some discussion that WD-40 builds up and ends up ruining the dirt. Might be worth a read.

http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...ighlight=WD-40

I take a spray bottle and fill it with 8 fl oz of Dawn Dish soap, and the rest water. I use that mixture to clean my tires. Works better than Simple Green. And I swear that I sometimes have more grip when I clean my tires with the Dawn Soap.

As far as traction Compound goes, it depends on the track I'm at and conditions. But so far I use Trinity Blue Dot, White Sticky Kicks, or SXT 3.0

Thanks Dave, good read.

I use simple green and it works good.

1. i wash the tires with water
2. i spray them with simple green (not diluted)
3. spread it around the tire and let them sit for as long as you want
4. use a towel to dry off the excess simple green (tires should be dry and grippy feeling)

i do this between every round at my indoor clay track. It works good and is much cheaper than a "rc" traction compound. The most important thing is to dry the tires. If you dont they are slimy and have less grip than before you cleaned them.

i use simple green to clean tires. never as traction additive though. Might have to try that.

i heard that Dawn is also good with a few drops in a zip-lock bag when storing your tires.

Anybody ever use belt dressing? I use it on belts on electric motors when they start squeaking.

I've heard belt dressing also works well but can be pretty smelly and toxic? I'm thinking a lot of our tire sauces might be a bit toxic…

I don't mind the smell of Stickykicks blue though

I've used trinity blue and finally gave stickykicks blue a try. I liked the trinity blue, it was quick to dry and the tires felt pretty soft, I wouldn't say sticky.

I'm liking the stickykicks better, feels like I have more even grip through the race.

I've noticed on my medium compound proline suburbs get insanely sticky after just a scrub in a tire wash station with just a little bit of simple green and water. I may have to give the tires a little spritz of simplegreen.

Also any one belted SC tires? I don't get a lot of ballooning but I wouldn't mind giving it a try.

Sticky kicks is awesome for electric classes. It last for almost a 7 minute main. But starts loosing grip afterwards.

Simple green just cleans the surface of the tire. Did not add any extra grip to the tire on track. Bench testing seems softer though. I tried simple green vs regular water with a toothbrush. SG makes the surface shiny, but just water works just as well on track. I avoid SG because I read somewhere it sucks the natural oils out of rubber eventually.

Ok, so I'm running a 22sct, 17.5 motor on a large indoor clay track. I did what most beginners do and bought what most guys are running. Which is ions in super soft on all 4. My question is why? What are the different tread types for?

The belted tire is not dynamically balanced, see how much it distorts? I would do 2 passes with the kevlar wire and glue carefully.
I had an old set of tires that were sold on a simple carton/paper box. with windows and all. Hit them with WD40 and they're much softer. Now I just use hot water to rinse them or before using them ala sedan racing style.

The array of tread designs, and compounds, are for different track surfaces, types of dirt, conditions including moisture and temperature, etc. Tires are very track specific, the best tire can even change during the day at the same track.

So what treads work best in what conditions?