Tyres for Kidderminster

[PaulRotheram]

Originally Posted by Kopite

yellow minis are a good all rounder, although people will use the bb spikes on the front too (massive steering from them though!)

I guess a lot of it is down to personal preference

BB have stopped making 2wd fronts now i belive?

[Kopite]

i've seen people use the BB 4wd fronts

[Richard Lowe]

I can't see yellow minispikes not working if it's dry, it's a multisurface track; no different to Batley/Southport....

[losixxx]

Originally Posted by Richard Lowe

I can't see yellow minispikes not working if it's dry, it's a multisurface track; no different to Batley/Southport....

the astro is different type to both the above. shorter pile

[ryan]

Originally Posted by PaulRotheram

BB have stopped making 2wd fronts now i belive?

Through the Tiverton winter series we where running 4wd's on the front of the 2wd. Worked really well but not sure if it will do the same for kiddy

[matdodd]

Yellow mini spikes are fine as long as its dry but as soon as the track gets damp the grips very poor lets just hope its dry then we can just run loads of yellows

[_sleigh_]

If you use the BB 4wd spike on the front of a 2WD, then cut down the beading and mount them in the same way we did for the Losi Stud at Tiverton.

As for Yellows, they were good at the last Winter Series meeting and you could do 2 runs easy (although it was cooler temp.) Some drivers might even get 3 runs.

[tyreman]

Originally Posted by Kopite

yellow minis are a good all rounder, although people will use the bb spikes on the front too (massive steering from them though!)

I guess a lot of it is down to personal preference

Not unless you are going to use BB 4wd fronts on a 2wd, as the 2wd fronts have been discontinued so are no longer comercially avalible and not allowed at nationals.

At the last round of the winter series I ran 1 set of yellow mini's all day. The grip was good until the final, when the temperatue dropped and the damp affected the grip levels, other than that it was good.

[Rob]

Originally Posted by tyreman

Not unless you are going to use BB 4wd fronts on a 2wd, as the 2wd fronts have been discontinued so are no longer comercially avalible and not allowed at nationals.

Can't use the 2WD fronts? More expense then, already had some green 2WD fronts mounted!

[Kopite]

however much i agree with the expense issue, i think banning tyres that aren't commercially available is the only way to go.

please please let it be sunny!

[modelimages]

i have 1 pair of TO5 bb 2wd greens left in the shop, so technically they are commercially available

[jimmy]

I've got about 3/4 sets of fronts- have to keep them for regionals I guess.
Yellow mini spikes are really good and what I ran last year.. when it rained / hailed though it was useless and I had to take the car off the track as I couldn't even drive it.

I think I am way down the reserve list for Kid so I won't have to worry about tyres too much

[Rob]

So what about 2WD fronts, will Schumacher yellows be ok in both dry and damp conditions, what would be recommend in really wet?

[tyreman]

Schumacher green mini's

[wacattack]

Has there never been a national/regional at Kiddy before? Why is there so much ambiguity around which tyres to use?

[jimmy]

I think they always used ballistic mini pins in recent times ?!? I must have been one of the only ones running mini spikes last year, just because I couldn't be bothered to buy loads of pins.

[Kopite]

cos bb green pins work in all conditions, whereas it's not quite so cut and dry with spikes.

it's a ball ache

[emzy]

I liked those PHAT tyres we used to use in 4wd if it was really dry... blockheads or sprints or something?

I always thought my car looked HOT with them on.

Yep, I'm a girl, I like pretty things.

[Kopite]

what the bloody hell are blockheads?

[emzy]

Blockheads - http://h1071118.hobbyshopnow.com/Pro...A7282S-450.jpg