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Old 11-08-2010
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Default Racing on a budget

I'm trying to get back into indoor buggy racing after many years running touring cars. The buggys I have are still just about with it, although some would say the 2wd's motor is in the wrong place for running on carpet I'm looking to make "efficiency savings", and one of the biggest ongoing costs seems to be tyres. When I used to run buggys indoors regularly I was running Schumacher Blue or Green Mini Pins (and Micro Spikes occasionally). Now everyone seems to be running Yellows as standard. I used to only run Yellows at the big DMS indoor meets at Watford sport centre. Still the best fun I've ever had racing!

At the moment my driving, and especially jumping, is pretty rusty and it will take me a while to get back into things. My question is are Schumacher Blues just too hard to for the brushless torque, and if I try some am I going to spend all of my time powersliding out of corners? Are there any fairly good, long lasting tyres for a multi surface prima felt GT/Concrete track as the concrete especially seems to eat tyres. I'm really just looking for advice before I waste money on something unsuitable. Another option is to smooth everything out going back to my brushed setup?

I have a B4 and XX4 running lipo/brushless and am much happier spending money on higher quality permanent things like chargers and tuning options than consumables.

Cheers

Ben
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