Cut or no cut on R35 Ripsaws

[ElectroTech]

I just finished building my wraith kit and I'm in a dilemma on the tires. A friend of mine has the RTR wraith and cut the small lugs out on his tires but they are the harder compound tires. Would cutting the small lugs out on the R35 compound Ripsaws make them too soft?

The wraith is mostly going to be run on a hard pack dirt with some rock scaler comp course. So what is the general consensus on hard dirt for tires, more or less lugs?

 

[Big Tex]

post a pic of what cut your friend used, i have the white dot compound and a tread cut sounds like it could work a bit better but the r35's are awesome they way they are, try em out bro, just because your buddy cut his doesnt mean its gna work for you, just use em on a couple runs and then see what your rig needs but the r35's should rock on the rocks "thumbsup"

 

[SkinInc69]

I wasn't sure how to to cut mine so I did this up in paint. I choose B with my R35 and cut them. So far so good.

 

[Jus]

I wouldn't touch the R35 Ripsaws.. Just run 'em. As with most tires they get better and better as they break in. My outer *hollow* lugs aren't hollow anymore.. They look more scale now too. "thumbsup"

 

[SkinInc69]

I wouldn't touch the R35 Ripsaws.. Just run 'em. As with most tires they get better and better as they break in. My outer *hollow* lugs aren't hollow anymore.. They look more scale now too. "thumbsup"

Scale? There is nothing scale about a ripsaw. It is not a replica of any 1:1 tire or even resembles remotely to one.

 

[John82601]

I agree, leave them alone and run them the way they are. Harder surfaces like lots of biting edges and surface contact. On your friends Wraith he probably gained a little traction because of increasing the ground pressure on his harder compound tires. Since yours are the softer R35 compound, leave then as-is and go have fun with them. Scale arguments aside, they are a GREAT all-around tire.

 

[frdtrkguy]

I cut the smaller inner lugs out of my R35's and they seem to hook and clean out a little better.

 

[frdtrkguy]

Scale? There is nothing scale about a ripsaw. It is not a replica of any 1:1 tire or even resembles remotely to one.

True, but they sure work good :mrgreen:

 

[project_mayhem]

Depends on a lot. What do you have for a motor? My wraith is brushless, running the x compound tire. I left the center lugs alone, and cut off the smaller lugs along the side. At speed, i have full radial contact, but the extra gap helps clear mud and hook edges of obstacles at low speed. I'd leave the r35 tires alone. Gaps help with clearing debris, and create more forward bite depth. Good for soft loose terrain. More, and soft rubber is ideal for rocks.

 

[JeremyH]

IMO, this is the ONLY thing that I would do to those tires:

This will make the sidewalls softer and give it more of a scale look. "thumbsup"

 

[frdtrkguy]

IMO, this is the ONLY thing that I would do to those tires:This will make the sidewalls softer and give it more of a scale look. "thumbsup"

That's cool! Someone spent a lot of time on those tires :shock:

 

[ElectroTech]

Depends on a lot. What do you have for a motor? My wraith is brushless, running the x compound tire. I left the center lugs alone, and cut off the smaller lugs along the side. At speed, i have full radial contact, but the extra gap helps clear mud and hook edges of obstacles at low speed. I'd leave the r35 tires alone. Gaps help with clearing debris, and create more forward bite depth. Good for soft loose terrain. More, and soft rubber is ideal for rocks.

Right now the motor is a Tekin 35 Heavy duty on 3S. I'm planning on going with the Tekin ROC 412 (2500kV) Brushless Crawler motor when they come out.The wraith will be used for 2.2 scale class competitions, a mix of hard and loose dirt, and some rock. Not really an all rock crawler, I have the XR for the Pro class.

I'm actually thinking about getting a set of SLW wheels for the XR and putting the stock XR wheels on the wraith.

Which perform better in scale competition on the mostly dirt terrain the Ripsaws or a set of RC4WD TSL Supper Swampers. I'm eying a set of them for the XR wheels when I switch over.

 

[Dualdigger]

The Ripsaws will work better than Boggers for sure, Boggers are good tires but you need to cut them and put some miles on them to work well. Ripsaws are a better tire, just not as scale as boggers.

 

[SkinInc69]

IMO, this is the ONLY thing that I would do to those tires:

This will make the sidewalls softer and give it more of a scale look. "thumbsup"

You truck looks awesome! The shaved sidewalls look way better then the stockers.

 

[Jus]

Scale? There is nothing scale about a ripsaw. It is not a replica of any 1:1 tire or even resembles remotely to one.

Take a deep breath and chill out.

Without the hollow outer lugs they more closely resemble what a 1:1 tire consists of. I don't care if they replicate a real tire that currently exists or not.

 

[Steelfish]

I cut the smaller inner lugs out of my R35's and they seem to hook and clean out a little better.

this is exactly what Im doing with mines.. just the inner lugs off

 

[frdtrkguy]

this is exactly what Im doing with mines.. just the inner lugs off

Yeah, I've been really happy with mine like that. They'll do until the RBII is out

 

[Steelfish]

Rbii?

 

[frdtrkguy]

Rbii?

Pitbull Rock Beast 2

 

[Steelfish]

gotcha..

they are already out, arent they?

https://www.ckrccrawlers.com/pit-bull-rock-beast-22-tires-2-p-3806.html