Re: Running offroad rc's onroad?

[Tom]

> some offroad RC's have locked differentials, its alright if its in the
dirt,
> but when your on a hard surface on turning, it puts alot of stress on the
> wheels and suspension.

Which offroad rc's have a locked diff? As far as I know there is no problem
running an offroad car onroad, except for tire wear. Most offroad guys will
not run their cars on cement because it quickly wears out the soft spiked
tires, and jumping speedbumps, etc, leaves the bottom of the chassis all
scratched to hell. Some onroad cars like the RC10 dual sport, and the Losi
Street Weapon actually originated from offroad cars. The only difference is
shorter arms, road tires, shorter suspension, etc.

-tom

[LavaPunk]

So really all I need to run my associated b3 or b4 on the street outside
my house would just be a set of tires for street so I don't ruin my
offroad tires, correct? Although if I'm jumping it to make sure my
suspention is tight so that I don't bottom out and scrape the chassis.

[MikeF]

yeah, but tightening your suspension wont cure the chassis scratching.
Associated apparently sells 'chassis protector' self adhesive plastic - like
the stuff you buy for ski's - that'll do. BTW, proline road hawg tires:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDU04&P=7
are probably the most common meats for your application, but anything
without soft spikes will do.
Oh, and beware of curbs, drains and 1:1 cars.


"LavaPunk" <lavapunk69@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.05.31.05.43.43.702703@hotmail.com...
> So really all I need to run my associated b3 or b4 on the street outside
> my house would just be a set of tires for street so I don't ruin my
> offroad tires, correct? Although if I'm jumping it to make sure my
> suspention is tight so that I don't bottom out and scrape the chassis.

[Rick Russell]

In article <yobubba-645019.15533001062003@news.ftupet.com>,
kenji <yobubba@ameritech.net> wrote:
> Rick...what's your setup on the T3?
> What tires and how do you change your suspension?

I just use some old Pro-Line Striker tires with no inserts. They are
stiff enough for playing.

For the suspension, I simply pull off my shock preload clips, since
the T3 can run lower on the street.

> any gearing changes?

I usually don't bother.

Rick R.

[kenji]

In article <bbe15e$224$1@joe.rice.edu>,
rickr@is.rice.edu (Rick Russell) wrote:

> In article <yobubba-645019.15533001062003@news.ftupet.com>,
> kenji <yobubba@ameritech.net> wrote:
> > Rick...what's your setup on the T3?
> > What tires and how do you change your suspension?
>
> I just use some old Pro-Line Striker tires with no inserts. They are
> stiff enough for playing.
>
> For the suspension, I simply pull off my shock preload clips, since
> the T3 can run lower on the street.
>
> > any gearing changes?
>
> I usually don't bother.
>
> Rick R.
>
>

Thanks!!

[kenji]

In article <IbacndoURrlUOUWjXTWcqw@comcast.com>,
"MikeF" <vanning@comcast.net> wrote:

> Oh, and beware of curbs

We've been calling it curbicide.

Usual results are snapped arms, broken bulkheads, cracked servo horns,
stripped servos and the need for lots of fiberglass strips and shoegoo.