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03-22-2011, 12:34 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: coos bay, Oregon
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|  water filled tires
Hey guys, I'm running the stock 1.9 flat irons' on stock axial wheels on my scx10.. I was running about 4.7 oz of weight in each of the fronts with the stock foams. I got a crazy hair, more like bored, and took the weight and foams out and fillled them with water. still have the weight and gives em' a bagged feel.. Just curious if anyone else has played around with this idea??
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03-22-2011, 03:13 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Vermont
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Interesting idea.. how's it working out? Would suck to spring a leak out on the trail. How full are they? How'd ya fill them? I'm thinking you'd have to install one bead then lay on it's side and fill from the other side then seal that one up, right? |
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03-22-2011, 03:48 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: coos bay, Oregon
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Just got back from trying them out. Didn't work out too bad  ! Haha, ya, springin a leak would suck! Ya, I installed the front bead then filled the sink full of water and submersed everything and made sure the air had totally escaped from the tire and installed the back bead under water. They seem to do good on the rocks and pretty decent on the dirt/mud.
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03-22-2011, 03:59 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: maple ridge
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1:1 do it all the time.
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03-22-2011, 05:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: houston
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I run about a half tire of water in the fronts and a third in the rears of my 1:1 buggy, never tried it on a RC before.  |
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03-22-2011, 07:56 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Denver
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Interesting idea. How much weight do you think is added when filled with water? |
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03-22-2011, 08:19 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: middle,tn
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what about bb's ive heard of people doing this but i've done some searching on here and havent found anything. do you still run foams with the bb's? just curious because you could get some nice weight outta them  |
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03-22-2011, 08:30 PM
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| Suck it up!   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
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 Water and bb's are old tech. So are airsoft pellets. Proper foam and weight tuning are whats happening now. Its also more reliable and repeatable. Having said that, my Bronco climbs like a goat once I've run it through some water and let the tires fill up (yes I still run foams, and yes, the wheels/tires are vented). Only problem is when all the water squirts back out. | |
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03-22-2011, 10:02 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: coos bay, Oregon
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03-23-2011, 06:26 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: jackson,tn
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i seen on ebay while back ago, they was selling crawler tires that was water filled and had some that was air filled also. some kinda china stuff i do believe.
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03-23-2011, 10:34 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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Ive also noticed my rig crawl better when the foams get soaked, but thats a weight thing. Ive run nothin but air in tires and had great success but never tried just water lol. I like proper foams and weights personally but water might be a good budget fix. Matt |
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03-23-2011, 12:28 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Seattle
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We use it as a "tuning aid" when pulling weights with atv's. If you ever see a stock wheeler pulling close to the mod guys just kick a tire once. |
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03-23-2011, 12:45 PM
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| TEAM MODERATOR  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee
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BB's, Air, water......... it's all been tried and everyone that tries it goes back to foams. If your die hard on trying it, or just wanna have something to do you can search the archives of RCC for some ideas. Like allot of things, just cause it works in 1:1's doesn't mean it'll work here. Last edited by Reflection; 03-23-2011 at 12:47 PM. |
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03-23-2011, 02:58 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Coast
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Most of the time it will work tho. Good job on trying it out Corey!
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03-25-2011, 08:45 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rock Bouncin' with the Patented Technique
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I've thought about trying it. I kinda want to try it, throw some anitfreeze in it for winter.  |
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04-22-2011, 01:44 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: coos bay, Oregon
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| Just a quick update, if anyone's interested, haha. After running this setup on my scx, I've come to love it. Adds enough weight to the front and still let's the tire flex. In my area we run on lots of sand stone and the mud has lots of clay. So far, this cheap setup has done pretty dang good!
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07-06-2011, 09:02 PM
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08-29-2011, 05:39 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Incirlik AB, Turkey
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what about water with foams, that way ya still kinda get the firmness?  |
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09-01-2011, 09:30 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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09-01-2011, 11:11 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: ireland
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i would give it ago but my front left tire has a leak  |
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