motoko

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+1 for illumination!

tha Beast

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LETS RACE LADIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jimmy Avila

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It looks like it's gonna be 68 degrees tonight. Hopefully the soda won't gum up on the track tonight.

motoko

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Bummed out about last night. :/


At the track we talked about the new cheaper that solaris spec tire from Sweep.

Here is a review.

More info is at this thread.
http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...thread-25.html

Jimmy Avila

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Sweep tires suck! Besides I just stocked up on solaris tires this week. They are only thirty dollars don't get your panties in a bunch over a few bucks.

motoko

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its an over generalized statement that sweep tires suck. The savings isn't in the couple bucks difference in price between the packs of tires, it is in the high performance longevity of the tires.

As Christian said last night, they show promise and are at least worth trying out.

tha Beast

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I dont think Sweep tires suck they work GREAT but in my experience they don't last 2 runs but they work great. If anyone know where to get these "new" Sweeps I'd be willing to test some. I'm also planing on tuning my TC this Saturday at M&M if anyone wants to hang out

MantisWorx

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couple of track vids and one at mikes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1KtvR3HeQQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9wQoZzrKj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPTwxcOLJl0

mikes today, track was dusty as hell and no sugar, REAL loose!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3wrcznwIrg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFLbUCMFgck

My race is in two weeks at Mikes, i will add in open TC and 12th pan. a couple of guys are coming from dallas to race 12th/tc so please if your going to show up let me know, i hate for them to come all the way her and have nobody to race!

CristianTabush

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Nobody is changing the tires, so let's not get riled up yet.

I just commented that, as Rob states, they show promise. If they truly last 2x what the other tires do, then it might be worth it to "look into it". If they are no good, or make no difference, then we don't need to mess with them.

If the transition was ever to happen, we would have to ensure that M&M sells out of the Solaris and everyone uses their tires up first. This is not an overnight change.

Solaris tires are great, and they have a great Price Point, but if these Sweep tires work as well, last twice as much and cost 26-27 dollars retail, would you guys not see the benefit of getting them?

In any which way, John Lee, the owner of Sweep Racing USA actually contacted me about the tires, he said he's give me a free sample to test once they became available.


FYI, a little info for you guys:
-Muchmore and Sweep racing are THE SAME TIRES, sweep broke off from Muchmore about 2 years ago, but the tires are still made by the same factory and they are the same compounds.
-Sweep EXP tires are made to be a 3-4 run tire. This is the tire that wears super fast. They are meant to be an all-out high performance tire. These are the tires with the yellow wheels.
-Sweep QTS is the same as the Muchmore and the Solaris tires. This is a fact, straight from the tire manufacturers.
-The tire I will evaluate is called the "OG" tire. It was a tire designed for SPEC TIRE racing. The purpose of the tire is long wear and low cost. Solaris tires are marketed as a Spec tire, but they were not designed for this, they are just re-badged Muchmore 36's.

Thunderbunny

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**changing subject** Soooo, I made my first birdie on a par 4 yesterday at Beacon Lakes!

danthrc

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Way to go Chris! I guess I will have to knock the rust off my clubs and come tear you up

jehrlh21535

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Do you have another thread for the F1 Nationals race on April 30, 2011?

MantisWorx

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yup
http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...nal-event.html

primomojo

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I'm not trying to stir the pot on the whole tire discussion but I just wanted to mention that the new Sweep "R40 all weather asphalt SPEC" tires work very well at M&M. The last 2 times I raced I was unable to get Solaris so I tried different Sweep compounds (28, 32, R40) and found that the harder R40 SPEC tire worked the best. They felt about the same as driving on the Solaris tire and showed very little wear. I noticed that the Solaris tires would begin to show signs of the dreaded ring of death after only a few runs, however I've got about 10 runs (practice, heats and mains and a couple practice runs at Mike's too) on the Sweep R40 SPEC tires and they have not yet developed a ring. In fact it takes several runs just to wear the molding line off. They seem to really hold up well, and I'm quite surprised and impressed that these "harder" tires have such good traction. BTW, they are $28 and there may be a source to get them for a couple bucks less. Just my $.02

-Dean

CristianTabush

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Before it even starts.

NOBODY is changing the SPEC TIRE. It is still any Solaris compound. Let's change subject please.

I was talking the other day with Danny F about starting a point series at the track. Would you guys be down?

I was thinking every other Thursday, 8 total dates, so it would take roughly till the end of summer to finish it up. Best 6 would count towards the series. We would have 17.5 boosted and 17.5 non-boosted mode.

I'll try to get some sponsors on board and hopefully we can secure some prizes for the participants and winners.