Tyres for shiney concrete

[Welshy40]

Guys,

I already have an idea that Green Schumacher are the way to go for shiney concrete, but what else is available for this surface. Are Ballistic buggy any good?

[ben]

is it indoors or outdoors. Because if it is indoors maybe schumacher yellow minispikes or yellow full spikes.

ben

[telboy]

ooh, not sure about yellows, they will wear big time.

On 'normal conrete' we used to run green or blues mainly for wear rate.
Or try some of the schuey 'blocks' they may wear better on yellow compound. other than that, foams.

But if it is like the sports hall floors then yellows will be fine. It depends how 'shiny' it is and if it is in the slightest bit abrasive.

[Northy]

GRP's might be worth a try, seem to grip like a yellow but don't 'go off' anywhere near as quickly. They may even grip right down to the carcass as that is textured to give extra grip

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[Southwell]

Yeh, greens will be dead almost instantly. I would try GRP's or poss schuey blues. You wont get the same grip but they will last much longer.

[Chris Green]

What GRP's are these? Conespikes seem popular? is there any chance of them being specified at regionals / nats?

[Jonny_H]

Schuey RT1 or RT3 in green, if they're still available, might give better wear...

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by ben

is it indoors or outdoors. Because if it is indoors maybe schumacher yellow minispikes or yellow full spikes.

ben

Indoors and yellows dont work as its like driving on ice, greens have a bit more bite, but other options seem to be the way to go.

Well Caldicot seems interesting as I never raced on anything else but carpet down there so should be fun, and will try yellows as well as greens in practice.

But for this surface that im racing on the 1/8th cars seem to have more grip than me big time. Yellows dont work at all and the tyre wear rate is hardly any, I raced three fifteen minute practice sessions and they didnt wear, but the grip was non existant on the rear (yellows) and some grip on the front (greens), but zero wear rate. I had to smooth my driving style big time. When they wear they should grip more.

What about ballistics? I also did think about proline, losi and various tires that work on clay so may go down that route.

[Chris Doughty]

Proline M3 tire are quite common for 8th scale, they might be using them, if thats the case then some Proline M3 holeshots might be pretty dialled (B4 and B44 kit tires)

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by DoughtyUK.net

Proline M3 tire are quite common for 8th scale, they might be using them, if thats the case then some Proline M3 holeshots might be pretty dialled (B4 and B44 kit tires)

Cheers, will give it a try. I do recall the tires that came on the B2 were quite good on tarmac, so time to experiment with the B4/B44 tires and have some fun in the process.