foam tires for buggy

[Neil Skull]

Hi Peeps,

A kind customer sent me some foam tires for my standard 2.2" rims.
I just had to cut the inner ribs off but they look cool.
I hope i can beat the touring cars tommorow night now
Has anybody else tried foam tires on a buggy?
I used 200mm foam wheels and tires last week and they was ok but car looked a little odd with diddy wheels on and was not handling as i hoped but still was pretty quick

[Big G]

I ran foams on my B44 on carpet last time and they worked well. the mat section I had no grip at all so kinda just threw it over that section, but on the carpet they worked well.

my foams are home made ones from 1/8th oval foams on cut down rims

[frogger]

I showed up with some foams for my CAT SX at Newbury and it freaked everyone out so much they banned them after the first heat I used 1/8th foams on CAT rims with the outer bead cut off. They work bloody superb and last for ages!!!

[Dazzler]

Schumacher used to do them pre mounted back in the day... T670N (Fronts) and T6710 (Rears).

[DCM]

I just made some up on losi rims, cut all the ribs off the wheels, in the true, mounted the foam (one pair of 40shore rears, do all four wheels), glued them down, trued them to 75mm and radiused.

Those who have tried foams on their buggies at my club, have liked them, as long as it is all carpet.

[shannow95]

Sorry it is all in french but here's how to mount 1/8 on road car tyres on your 1/10 buggy .

http://www.gaz-on.net/Monter-des-pneus-mousse-sur-un

Page takes a little while to load , but it shows how to get the foam off the wheel with acetone and then put them on the 2.2" rims of your buggy .

[Neil Skull]

That is a very expensive way of getting doams for your buggy but if they last i guess it could be worthwhile.

Looking forward to racing tonight