Short Course Astro Tyre Choice

[Dudders]

Getting the truck prep'd for Astro now... What do people use?

Been using mini pins indoors but guess they'll not be great outside.

Any help appreciated.

Neil

[Frecklychimp]

Last season there was no real choice for SCT's on astro but Fastrax kourse Kings, which we all adopted to, but they are a hard compound and are now outclassed with better compounds in other patterns so doubt will be competitive, they may be good for the front of a 2WD truck.

Schuey yellow minispikes would be the first choice to try on Astro, although they do balloon on a 2WD SCT with decent power (belting tape may cure this?)

A compound dBoots Nanobytes are awesome on carpet with much better wear rates than schuey tyres and they look like they will be as good on Astro as the spikes are a good length so well worth a go.

also dBoots have Multibytes in testing and they looked very good at Broxtowe astro track so maybe worth a little wait, not sure on their release date.

Either way i've found on a 2WD truck that you need to remove at least the outer rows of spikes/pins on any SCT tyres to avoid grip roll and allow the steering to work faster (yes i have a good servo!)

I'm holding off on outdoor tyres until season starts as there may be more choice by then.

[big smithy]

Originally Posted by Frecklychimp

Last season there was no real choice for SCT's on astro but Fastrax kourse Kings, which we all adopted to, but they are a hard compound and are now outclassed with better compounds in other patterns so doubt will be competitive, they may be good for the front of a 2WD truck.

Schuey yellow minispikes would be the first choice to try on Astro, although they do balloon on a 2WD SCT with decent power (belting tape may cure this?)

A compound dBoots Nanobytes are awesome on carpet with much better wear rates than schuey tyres and they look like they will be as good on Astro as the spikes are a good length so well worth a go.

also dBoots have Multibytes in testing and they looked very good at Broxtowe astro track so maybe worth a little wait, not sure on their release date.

Either way i've found on a 2WD truck that you need to remove at least the outer rows of spikes/pins on any SCT tyres to avoid grip roll and allow the steering to work faster (yes i have a good servo!)

I'm holding off on outdoor tyres until season starts as there may be more choice by then.

my very worn mini pins worked fine on sunday on carpet

[Frecklychimp]

You were flying on Sunday mate

the blue minipins on back of mine lasted 3 meetings with a 9.5 in, dBoots have done twice that, still look unworn and loads more grip, especially on the wooden bits.

Brooky put a 5.5 in his Durango 2WD truck last night... you won't catch that thing! (until it thermals!)