tyre choices for indoor carpet.

[mary_p_o_o]

hi guys,
looking at buying a few sets of tyres, can any1 tell me which im best buying, the local track is indoor carpet and i have a lazer zx 5, there is so many to choose from and the compound colour seems to vary with manufacturer, could some1 please recomend me a place to purchase from online, and will all 1/10 buggy tyres fit my car, is there a tyre chart anywhere to look at and get a bit of an understanding,

cheers guys, mike

[Col]

This question is both asked and answered many times and the std answer is schumacher mini pins in yellow compound. These work well and are the fastest tyre.
You could also go for schumacher mini spikes in yellow compound if the pins are too aggressive in the bends.

Just to raise a different issue - there are wear issues with the current batch of schumacher tyres. They seem to maintain the same level of grip as the old ones, but last 1/4 of the time so I'm trying GRP cone spikes next meeting to see if these beat schumacher's indoors as well as outdoors!

[greasy mark]

guys n galls ive tried cone spikes at forcc and gave up but we do run on a shiney wood floor so i went back to full spike yellow schumachers .
at the mo we have a lot of schumacher tires and inserts in stock and dont seam to be having any wear problems with those ,pm for prices
mark
mbmodeltek

[JCJC]

All rear's are the same 2 and 4 wheel drive (size wise), 2 wheel drive have narrow fronts and then.....
so for ZX-5 you need 4 wheel drive fronts for the front and rears for the rear, and I would say "schumacher mini pins in yellow compound" to quote col. and some medium inserts, if you are racing a lot, tyres can seem like your major investment, you will soon have a few sets of wheels with different compounds of mini spike (green & yellow for outside) and yellow mini pins for carpet/wood floor inside. watch what others are running and ask, tyres are 80% plus of getting a good set up.

and yes the compound changes with manufacturer, shui green spikes are not to be confused with balistic green spikes etc, i am sure someone may be able to tell you how the compounds work, but, we use new shui yellow spike on dry grass, worn on dry astro and balistic green on wet grass/astro. We also try to remember to mark the inside of the wheel with the tyre compound, a few weeks after fitting when the little dot has worn off..............

Run what others are using and keep it simple.

[mole2k]

What would people run if the club banned spikes on the carpet. I'm just curious because a nearby club runs TC's on carpet but they don't allow spikes of any kind. I was thinking of trying to get a few people up from my club there but they wont let us run spikes on the buggys, is there any good slicks available for buggys?

I was considering using some yellow compound schumacher tyres cut down to slick.

[bretts]

I'm back at work today, very quiet here so I did a quick google.

this is what I found....
Rear
http://www.carolinasrc.com/Webstore/...idproduct=6882

or
Rear
https://www.rcboca.com/product.php?p...&cat=0&page=64

or Front
https://www.rcboca.com/product.php?p...0&cat=0&page=1

don't know if you can get them in the uk or if they would work. Try doing some donuts in the street, that should give you some slicks quick enough.

[Mike Hudson]

there may be foam tyres available for 1/10th buggies somewhere that's what alot of tc clubs run indoors

[J_WOODY]

Originally Posted by mole2k

What would people run if the club banned spikes on the carpet. I'm just curious because a nearby club runs TC's on carpet but they don't allow spikes of any kind. I was thinking of trying to get a few people up from my club there but they wont let us run spikes on the buggys, is there any good slicks available for buggys?

I was considering using some yellow compound schumacher tyres cut down to slick.

i found these foams from kamtec to fit 1/10th buggy wheels, maybe they could be the answer to your problem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-10-Buggy-Pin...742.m153.l1262

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-10-Buggy-Pin...742.m153.l1262

[Richard Lowe]

Rubber slicks wont work very well on carpet, there needs to be some kind of tread pattern to work with the carpet - compound plays less of a role. Something like the Proline Dirt Hawg might work, being super soft they might not last very long though?

[mole2k]

Those foams look good, I had been wondering if anybody still made buggy foams. We ran them years ago on tarmac with the buggys!