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10-16-2006, 07:00 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2004
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|  Why narrow wheels and tires?
I can't figure out why one would want to narrow the wheels and tires on an RC crawler? ican understand if you are competing, but why for the average Joe Schmoe? dIMa |
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10-16-2006, 08:04 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clarkston, MI
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...why not? It's not that hard, and it improves performance by a long shot.
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10-16-2006, 08:08 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tucson
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The point of nawrrowing a tire is to make the contact patch smaller thus making the wieght of the vechile more concentraded on the smalled contact patch thus making more traction.
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10-16-2006, 09:30 PM
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| I lost my vendor privileges Join Date: May 2006 Location: TOP OF THE HILL
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more grip and sidewall to grab with.
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10-16-2006, 09:51 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: drillin Holes for the man
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because we all strive to make our rigs crawl as good as they possably can! | |
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10-16-2006, 11:03 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2005 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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sometimes you gotta narrow the wheel for clearance on the suspension links. No steering = no fun...
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10-16-2006, 11:29 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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Narrowing also brings the sidewall lugs into play.
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