cen123

what are good wheels/tires

Are these any good

for wheels: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXJJ86&P=ML (are these strong)

for tires: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDT90&P=7

or these http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXUM93&P=7


does anyone know the # of teeth on the CB and Spur gears

twomanytoys

You can use the traxxas dish wheels and dye them what ever color you want and they are only about $10 for all 4. As for tires you want Moabs, Yokohama geolanders or hpi dirt dawgs. For on road you want something like road rage tires.

R_man_5k

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I really like the Yokohama geolanders for bashing and general use. For dirt track I like snake eyes or bow ties.

for rims I run rims from www.rc-parts.com about 98% of the time. the traxxas dish rims are good too, but I tend to crack them.

Nick2618

IMO dish rims are great they are cheap and you can dye them. Also for tires i would say maobs for hardcore off raoding where ground clearance matters. But for just a plain dirt feild or smooth area something like the proline dirt hawgs or dirt works would be best. Those are smaller tires (height wise) so you will not be so top heavy and flip. For on road it is road rage all the way. But i would wear out your stocks tires before you switched to raod rages.

cen123

would these shorten the wheelbase too much http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXJGS0&P=ML

motorhead91

what do you mean?

cen123

shorten the distance between the front and rear wheels which would give it a rougher ride

twomanytoys

Those are 40 series moabs. Those are like 7" tall. You want 2.2 moabs. You can get moabs on ebay for about 35 a set.

R_man_5k

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yeap... those are for the T/E Maxx and others that size.

Nick2618

Or you can get these from tower for only 25 for all four...

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LM0895&P=3

twomanytoys

Nick thats only for 2 tires.

angus67

wheelbase is axle to axle. it doesnt change unless you move the axles.

Nick2618

No that is for all four...

This is for 2 only. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXLDK4&P=ML

twomanytoys

If thats the case thats cheap.

motorhead91

is carbon fiber stronger than aluminum as well as lighter????....if so here is the vantage chassis...3.5mm thick, the mudguards are integrated.....they also have driveshafts
[link]http://www.vantageracing.com/site/v2-images/images/JA0301.jpg[/link]

Nick2618

Carbon fiber is stronger and lighter and you can get them on ebay from 60-120. I think

motorhead91

looks like that will be next for my jato

angus67

wont the engine run hotter becuase its a smaller peice of aluminum its mounted too?

Nick2618

You should run a few degress hotter because the alum chassis actually disapates some of the heat from the engine. But the people who sell them usually say it has only a small effect and you shuold only go up a degree or 2. Like i said thats what thye claim. Honestly i dont think i would buy that chassis its to much money IMO.

angus67

yeah. big money for me. I just bought a house. that puts my yamaha chopper on the back-burner too! someday....................

motorhead91

i found a few new ones on ebay that sold for like 60 dollars...one had a few hours left and was at 25, both brand new, so i will see what happens....which isnt bad compared to the traxxas chassis

Nick2618

Yeah 60 aint to bad but i think when i buy a new chassis it will be the aluminum ones that are silver. Olnly in 30-40 range.

cen123

how does the jato do on grass with mobas

Nick2618

It dose pretty good. But if it is thick grass or tall it wont work good. No ST will.

Also it is recommened not to drive nitro rc cars on cars becasue it over works teh engine. Unless it is real hard grass.

jatoracing33

wrong...hpi mt2 is 4wd and will get through grass a little better than the rest, but thats the only ST that stands a chance