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Originally Posted by SlowOne
Foam tyres do exactly the same thing on Ardent's carpet, and any other carpet running rubber tyres. However, foam tyres do no such thing on a carpet that only runs foam tyres. Sorry to burst your bubble, but if you want to avoid the problem you restrict the carpet to foams only until the race!! HTH 
Team Doris second your experience of the tyres - both kit and Sorex 28s.  |
LOL, Thank you for the tutorial. Apart from 1/12th racing how many carpet tracks run only foams?..... Assume they are fine because you don't run oil based additives? Without stating the obvious you don't really get pick up on foam tyres, but you do on rubber if you run rubber alongside. But if you just run rubber, there seems little issue.
Effectively it is TC additives mixing with TC and (huge amounts of) Foam marbles sticking to the tyres. Rubber only=small amount of marbles, Foam only = large amount of marbles what is worse?
Anyway the real issue.
What is causing the 'increased' pick-up issue, compared to 'standard' slick tyres?...
Maybe not running additive for a few weeks before might help.....if a bit impracticable.
I will rephase that then
A- Hope the pick-up issue disappears....(prays to the gods)
Dez - It also mirrors the issues we had in Tamiya Mini's at SPC last year running treaded xpress tyres. Is is treaded tyres with large blocks that cause the issue.....