Ive been into RC cars for around 10 years, but I still consider myself a rookie and a novice because there are volumes of setup techniques I still dont know and probably never will.
I have only raced a few times at my clay high-traction local track and I have my SC5M dialed into it and it handles well. I use slicks and they give me plenty of traction. A friend asked me to go to a different track to race for a day, and he said the track would be softer with alot more loose dirt than I am used to, so the night before, I changed all 4 tires to some new dirt webs that I had laying around. During the race the next day I had little traction, and came in dead last. It seems like everyone else was using different types of pin tires.
I asked the track owner after the race what he recommends, and he was helpful in suggesting 2 or 3 different pinned tires that I could use for more traction. Since Im not sure how often I will be going to this track, Im not sure I want to go and spend close to $80 for one set or $160 or $240 for 2 or 3 sets of tires not knowing if they are going to help me get faster.
I realized that it must be really hard on people who go to race at various tracks, they must have to bring 2, 3 or 4 sets of tires depending on the conditions. I saw that one guy at the track probably had 4 or 6 sets of tires in his pit bag. Thats close to $500 in tires alone.
I guess this brings me back to my original question. How many sets of tires do you have for you vehicle if you are a novice and go to different tracks? Do you have tires that you bought for a track and they didnt work out and are just sitting on a shelf in your garage or do you just go and sell them after trying them?
I have only raced a few times at my clay high-traction local track and I have my SC5M dialed into it and it handles well. I use slicks and they give me plenty of traction. A friend asked me to go to a different track to race for a day, and he said the track would be softer with alot more loose dirt than I am used to, so the night before, I changed all 4 tires to some new dirt webs that I had laying around. During the race the next day I had little traction, and came in dead last. It seems like everyone else was using different types of pin tires.
I asked the track owner after the race what he recommends, and he was helpful in suggesting 2 or 3 different pinned tires that I could use for more traction. Since Im not sure how often I will be going to this track, Im not sure I want to go and spend close to $80 for one set or $160 or $240 for 2 or 3 sets of tires not knowing if they are going to help me get faster.
I realized that it must be really hard on people who go to race at various tracks, they must have to bring 2, 3 or 4 sets of tires depending on the conditions. I saw that one guy at the track probably had 4 or 6 sets of tires in his pit bag. Thats close to $500 in tires alone.
I guess this brings me back to my original question. How many sets of tires do you have for you vehicle if you are a novice and go to different tracks? Do you have tires that you bought for a track and they didnt work out and are just sitting on a shelf in your garage or do you just go and sell them after trying them?