bowtie MT's foams???

[kevinF]

ok i ordered up some bowtie MT's and im gonig to put the stock foams in the cause mikey said theyll work fine. my question is should i cut them down??

cuase the foams are2 times as wide as the tires. so how do i do this??

thanks, kevin

[rocco79]

NO!!! Dont cut them!!!


Dont forget mikes sponsered and doesnt run tires as long as us commoners.... I recommend racers edge foam. Because i need things to last as long as they can

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

BS rocco i run my stuff longer that all u homies run the stock foams they will last the life of the tire

[HAGASAN]

The stocker work fine. I have close to 2.5 gallons on my MT crimes and they are holding up great. The wear on the crimes is incredible, they last a long time. I didnt really like the bowties MT but they are great also. Just use the stock foams or if ya really want to, get some panther white foams. Walker told me to run them in the PL tires.

[HAGASAN]

Mikey is a tester for longitivety on all RC equipment. I dont think anyone puts more gallons on anything than him.

[rocco79]

BS rocco i run my stuff longer that all u homies run the stock foams they will last the life of the tire

Sorry , i personally perfer a stiffer foam. Right now i have white panther in my Crimes and racers edge in my MT bowties...

I used the stock foam for receiver box packaging

[Ponch]

I used the stock foam for receiver box packaging

Thanks for the idea! I got like 8 stock foams sitting around lol.

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

hahah cmon now roc u know ur supposed to use the proline molded for that!

on another note, I talked to proline and they said that the molded foams have been improved so they might be safe to use

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

Mikey is a tester for longitivety on all RC equipment. I dont think anyone puts more gallons on anything than him.

lol Joe, goin on a year and half on my current buggy

[rocco79]

Jeez suggest an after market foam and i got you and JT up my azz...! Dam! LOL!

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

u know u love it lol

[rocco79]

Nasty bastage you!

i will say that your tires seem to ballon more wit the stock foam... AM i right or is that the way u have the ttr setup?

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

ur saying my tires balloon? or that u have noticed that as a whole?

[rocco79]

yeah yours...

[kevinF]

ok well i deciuded to stuff them in and use the stockers, thanks though guys.
rocco in my other bowties i ran some racers edge foams and could still get the tires to ballon

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

I think my front tires balloon more, but i was having some center diff problems last time i raced with u, not to mention the RADICAL power i have pushing my buggy lol but this weekend at nitrofarm they didnt balloon at all....of course i did TQ too hhahahah

[rocco79]

Ohhh god... Now that radical plugs start! LOL!j/k!



I didn't say that CANT balloon t.t. I found i have better steering with the firmer foams... But to each his own. Both mike and JT are much more accomplished than I so listen to them.

[kevinF]

yeah right now my front tires are balloning....i need some new center diff oil.

mikey traxxas says the center diff comes with 100,000 diff oil weight, and my front tires are baloonig like crazy, should i go with 300,000 or what should I go with???

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

no doubt u will get more steering with a harder foam, but you are gonna sacrifice bump handling as well its all give and take. My truggy has more steering than my buggy! what the hell is that lol

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

i think it says 10k not 100,000? that seems a bit extreme I dotn even know if they make 100 000 or 300 000

try 20k or 30k if its ballooning

[kevinF]

Ohhh god... Now that radical plugs start! LOL!j/k!



I didn't say that CANT balloon t.t. I found i have better steering with the firmer foams... But to each his own. Both mike and JT are much more accomplished than I so listen to them.

lol, the stockers are pretty stiff, almost as stiff as the racers edge ones, but i like the tires to be a little more soft to be more forgiving on those ruff tracks. also i think i get more steering with the softer foams, but like you said, to each his own

[kevinF]

i think it says 10k not 100,000? that seems a bit extreme I dotn even know if they make 100 000 or 300 000

try 20k or 30k if its ballooning

they say they use 100k and yes they do make 300k

heres some links:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti...LXFTY0&P=7
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti...LXFTX9&P=7
http://www.traxxas.com/products/nitro/re...sories.htm ............on the last link scroll down to the second one (center diff) and read it.

also i put some 30k in there and it still balloned like crazy

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

then ya i guess go with the 300 00 man i never heard of oil that thick, must be a strange gear ratio in that truck lol

[Mr. Tune]

Mikey, the center diff in the revo is a whole other animal compare to truggy/buggy diffs. 100K is the low stuff, lol. There's less spider gears in there, so super heavy diff fluid is required to compensate. Same goes for the front and rear diffs too. Main reason why I used to run 30K up front and 10K in the rear. Gotta have the heavy stuff to get any kind of good diff action, lol.

If you're ballooning like crazy, go to heavier stuff, like the 300K and see what happens.

[kevinF]

ok thanks tune....hopefully LH has some, i dont feel like ordering but well see