17mm Hex conversion and 1/8 wheels and tires

[Jayn]

Why do I not see more of this?

Loss of Scale look?

Durability?

At first glance it seems like a nice set of buggy or truggy tires would weigh less, have less sidewall flex, be more durable, and cost less. It's a similar OD to keep gearing simple.

What about the wide rear axle kit and one of the gazillions of 12mm hex options?

 

[Phaeton]

In my opinion, 1/8 wheels put a lot more stress on everything that has to hold, steer, accelerate and brake the larger wheels due to the larger momentums at work.

Yvo

Why do I not see more of this?

Loss of Scale look?

Durability?

At first glance it seems like a nice set of buggy or truggy tires would weigh less, have less sidewall flex, be more durable, and cost less. It's a similar OD to keep gearing simple.

What about the wide rear axle kit and one of the gazillions of 12mm hex options?

 

[svt923]

In my opinion, 1/8 wheels put a lot more stress on everything that has to hold, steer, accelerate and brake the larger wheels due to the larger momentums at work

According to my scale, a full set of mounted 1/8 buggy tires weighs about a 1/2 pound less than a set of 2.2s on plastic beadlocks.

 

[Jayn]

I'm interested as well, been trying to get some SC8 wheels on my TT-converted Yeti.

This looks to be a bolt on affair:

Hot Racing Axial 1/10 Yeti Aluminum 17mm Wheel Hubs YET17LN06 - Bizarre Hobbies

There are several options around the internet for Slashes and XXTs and Such, would need to get my calipers out to figure out which ones would work. ANy would work with a wide rear axle kit.