Foams on Buggies

[unluckypixie]

Originally Posted by terry.sc

For 2.2" wheels you have to buy from the US. RC4less sell foams for 2" and 2.2" wheels, as well as 2wd buggy wheels and tyres ready mounted. The wheels are designed for dirt oval cars, which as they are developed from the RC10 use the same size axles as buggies. Fronts rears are 2" wheels. If you want the really cheap option you want the foam donuts for trucks. These are made for 2.2" diameter truck wheels so they are 2.5" wide, so one pair can be split in half to make one set of buggy tyres. Only problem is the truck donuts are only available in green, which is quite soft.

Thanks for that, if we really can't get them in this country I might have to order some. What is their postage, I tried checking out to find the postage and it said it would be "decided by the retailer" (presumably after placing the order!).

[terry.sc]

Don't remember the postage costs last time we bought some, it was certianly fairly reasonable though. We usually buy a job lot of pan car tyres from them so anything else is added to the list and postage is shared. It's been a while as I now buy our pan car tyres trued and glued direct from Associated in California.

[bbq]

Originally Posted by terry.sc

The banning of foams came about due to a big race meeting in the 90s (can't remember which one) which was on a hard packed clay track in the US. The surface was so hard and such a thick blue groove had built up the top drivers used specially shaped rounded foams with a centre groove which gripped so much better than any of the rubbers available at the time. Unless you had a set of the special foams you had no chance. By banning foams they made sure situation never happened again.

I think it was at a race in Yatabe arena that yokomo and AE guy were running
strange cut foam tires

[jeroen206]

schumacher got 2.2" foams on wheel in stock

U6728GTR Foams on 18 Spoke; Rear (pr)
U6729GTR Foams on 18 Spoke; Front (pr)