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Originally Posted by mole2k
What sort of a effect does running the minipins on carpet have as one of the localish clubs to me don't allow any form of spike or pin and I've been trying to arrange a group from my club to go there but nobody wants to have to buy specific tyres for it.
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We used to run mini pins, even on touring cars, I quite liked them, the carpet was a bit fluffy as a result, but the tyres lasted ages and no need for traction additive. Although a new set of mini pins always offered a lot more grip than old ones, unlike the rubber slicks used by other clubs which give consistent grip for a long time.
Last year we moved to some new carpet and decided to stop using spikes or pins, this was better for the touring cars, as we can now use rubber slicks in line with other clubs and the tyres still last ages, but with more consistent grip, although we have to use traction additive
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Not so good with buggies though, we started using Proline Dirt Hawgs so not to fluff the carpet, they're large, heavy and not well balanced, so not exactly ideal from a handling point of view. With traction additive they give a lot of grip, but it is very variable, the tyres basically last a long time, but I miss the handling and run to run consistency with pins.
That's not really answered your question on what using pins would do to the carpet now, but our old carpet was fluffy and I'm guessing the same would happen if we went back to them.
Anyone out there running pins on buggies and slicks on tourers on the same track?