Old School Newb with a few ?'s for ya'll
 

Hey everyone. I have been lurking on here for a bit and decided to join since I just bought a new RedCat Tornado EPX Pro. I am not brand new to the hobby but have been out of it for many years. I raced competitively for about 5-6 years in the mid-late 80's. I owned a few R/C10s, a Clod Buster, and a Lunch Box, back in the day. I have always been a big fan of the hobby even when I wasn't racing. I just got together and sold most of my "oldies" and bought this Tornado. I have a few questions though that I wasn't able to find the answers to.

1. I want road tired when I'm bashing on the street and don't wanna shred these stock tires on the pavement. I have come to the conclusion that the HPI wheels are recommended and know they need to be 2.2/12mm hex. I also have determined that the Proline tires are recommended as well. Now I am trying to pair them up. The confusion lies in not knowing how to pair them up and not sure if it will fit on the axel with little/no modifications. I know Proline has Speed Hawgs/Road Rage etc. I am also not sure of the other specs of the stock tires(offset, inner/outer diameter etc.). I have been trying to pair these up to get a set and need some help clarifying. Please help make this more simple.

2. Growing up with the R/C10's was so much fun with the customizing of them, mainly the lexan bodies. I had about 10 of them and even though they were all very different they all fit the posts and looked great. I am guessing other than the standard motors, batteries, some upgraded parts, wheels/tires are pretty much it for this car. Am I right? I don't have any of my lexans left to even try to match it up. Would 1/10 lexans fit this buggy or am I stuck with the stock buggy body?

Thanks everyone. I look forward to re-learning this hobby and cant wait to get some upgrades.

The Redcat Tornado is pretty unsupported body-wise, so you will be stuck with the stock lexan.

These tires will wokr with your Redcat; http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/tra/tra...FZNj7AodeGIANw

Have you checked out www.cookevillehobby.com yet?

Ok. Thanks I will check out the Anaconda wheels and check out cookevillehobby site as well. It looks like this car isn't much for customizing? Pretty strict on wheels/tires and NO lexan bodies. Looks like I need to get me an RC10 as well just so I can make it my own and different from everyone else's car.. These wheels, though they are 12mm hex, they aren't 2.2's. What is the range of size wheels/tires that can go for this car? I also need to know the offset for the stock wheels if I'm also looking for aftermarket to make sure they fit on the axle. Thanks everyone.

as for bodies check out 1/10 stadium trucks. I 99% sure they have the same wheel base...
even things like the scx10, stampede, savage and MT2 bodies...

big thing to check is the wheelbase