race tire?

[grease monkey]

in your opinion what would be that best off-road race tire for a loose surface track. front and rear and if anyone had any suggestions for a good servo for under 35 bucks thanx.

[RustlerRyan]

Tires are gonna bring a vast range in everyone's decisions here. It is probably one of the top argued about things on this forum...hahaha

As far as the servo, are you talking steering or throttle? I'd be assuming steering, just want to be sure.

[grease monkey]

ya steering

[RustlerMan2.5]

Proline Gladiator 2's with m2 rubber on all 4's for loose and fluffy dirt. Steering servo go with any high speed and high torque. Not sure if any brand is better then any other.

[RustlerRyan]

Just heard today that the high torque servo from Tower Hobbies is a great steering servo!

[18t turbo]

GLADIATORS.......

[RustlerMan2.5]

Tower hobbies brand? You cant go wrong there because they are probobly really low priced.

[TRAXXAS2003]

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[DrkDad22]

For loose dirt, lots of people like the bow ties.

TRAXXAS2003, I hope you only typed that once and used copy and paste lol.

[GlorifiedToyota]

Pro-Line Masher or Masher 2000s

[N-Rusty17]

masher 2ks, lol. i would say glads in the rear and blades in the front. putting rear tires on the front wont give you an advantage, they wont grip better because their tread patterns are designed to push the truck forward, not to grip from side to side like front tires.

[GlorifiedToyota]

i only put masher 2ks in the rear.

[traxxas03]

Or just buy a new truck that is made to race, sorry to say but the Rustler isn't a top contender at the track, doesn't handle the best at all

[grease monkey]

i have masher 2K's all the way around right now just for bashing and the just seem to big for racing. i just ordered dirt hawgs for the rear and Blade 2.2" M3's for the front. thanks for all yout help everyone, and i just wana say that i absolutly love the traxxas message board. if it werent for everyone out there helping everyone else i dont know where id be, and im sure that others will agree, so again, thanks to everone on the boards!

[sk8r8919]

gladiators in the rear on a set of rpm clawz. and proline edges or blades in da front on another set of rpm clawz. ull never flip with rpm clawz (clawz are rims)

[grease monkey]

y do you say that you will never flip?

[HeffC01]

I would also like to know how the wheels will keep you from filpping.

[sk8r8919]

wen i raced wit some other rims. the witdh was just to narrow. so wen or if i made it to a hair pin or a semi sharp turn i would flip over. i tried rpm clawz. and i measured them to the rims i was using they were wider. not by much but you could see they were wider. so one day i went out. and tried it slow. now i can go in about 1/2 throttle off a straight. and slow down to 1/4 without flipping before i couldnt. (1/4 in the apex of the turn). and now i can make it through without flipping. and sometimes keep up with the team losis or rc10s. its not to tipsily with rpm clawz. and also at times wit gladiators it will drift in a sharp turn a bit. but the fliiping also could be my track.

[TRAXXAS2003]

yes, I used copy and paste.

[RustlerMan2.5]

Did i hear bow ties for loose dirt? In my experiance they work best on really hard packed tracks and surfaces. my dad runs bowties on the back and edges in front on his truck (to remain nameless) and in the loose dirt his tires just spin while my gladiators are throwing a good amount of roost and geting traction. I use rpm clawz for my street tires. My only complaint is the chrome is flaking off so i'll dye them soon.

[RustlerMan2.5]

Heres a pic of my gladiators on my truck.

http://www.rcpics.net/view_single.php?medid=29204


They look snazzy in my opinion.

[Vipervenom848]

dirt hawgs and masher are probably the worst tires you can get for racing on loose dirt...except street tires. bowties are first in my book, then gladiators.

[trxnitro2.5]

I have seen cars run with bow ties for in loose dirt and they grip good. But for the best tire I like masher 2000's

[RustlerMan2.5]

mashers arent bad but in my experiance they cause stress on the tranny and differential.