BIG! tires for your RC car (RC Basics #7) - Traxxas Stampede 4x4 VXL - How to

[@rogueFactor]

HAHAH! just swap 'em out and go! like F1 pitstops! Razor: "Here are TEN THINGS..." i'm in the process of adding wider A-arms to my Vorteks because i did go bigger tires. now i need to reduce that whole body rub. it sounds like a starwars tie fighter in mid air 😂

[@RazorRC]

this is the funniest comment I've read in a month, pinned!

[@patmarcus172]

I was so pleased when I struck Fortress tyres on the vorteks and turned up,at the bash spot, proudly claiming that I was now gonna be able to do a decent backflip.....only to hear that horrible noise on the very first jump.. so now it’s a question of widening it or trying stiffer front shocks so that the there’s less chance of rubbing when the suspension compresses.

[@rogueFactor]

@@RazorRC theres footage of the Vorteks tiefighter sound in my videos. I would say one of the videos but it pretty much happens all the time. Stay tuned for the WideTeks mod!

[@matthewhall1068]

THANKS SO MUCH BRO I just love when beers comes outta my nose and ending up desk!! But for real Bro you made my week with this comment! I know exactly what sound your talking about so it had me instantly dying in laughter !

[@rogueFactor]

@@matthewhall1068 🤣 glad i made ya grin, brother. 🍻🤜🤛

[@rogueFactor]

TIL: tire scrub is why most of us loooove love LOVE the BackFlips over the Copperhead IIs on the Arrma 6S line. it's slight, but makes a woorrrld of difference.

[@JBoston50]

Speaking from experience the most frustrating thing I had to deal with was breaking driveshafts. I put the sledgehammer tires on a rusty 4x4 vxl and those stock plastic driveshafts could not hold up, so be prepared to drop a pretty penny on some decent driveshafts as well.

[@mr.mr.8164]

oh yeah. i was breaking axels all the time just on 3s lipos. stock gearing stock tires. had to get aluminum axels and havent had issues since

[@MUSTANGMAN-ck1gh]

What size gearing should i get? My 2wd stampede tires are 6.45 inches by 4.10 inches wide they fit they look awsome with the big foot body the wheels are Pro-line Demolishers😊

[@northtexasairgunhunter3990]

What is your spur/pinion gear setup

[@darrenlwf2630]

love your video..it really bring up some ideas which i didnt thought of it before..

[@yonicozac]

Great video on a great topic! and you could go much deeper on scrub radius :) different tire (bigger or not) can effect the handling in wonderfully interesting ways. carcass shape can also effect the scrub, and alot of car use negative scrub as well.

[@marl-author2531]

Very informative thanks for this!

[@patmarcus172]

Another great vid. Really helpful. As you know, I’m in a quandary with fitting bigger wheels to the vorteks and finding they rub the body.

[@RazorRC]

honestly, your search for wheels/tires was the inspiration for this video!

[@patmarcus172]

@@RazorRC im honoured and am sure it will help so many people. I wish I’d known your top ten before blindly rushing into buying bigger wheels. I naively figured that cos they work so well on the Big Rock and Granite, they must be good for the Vorteks. Nope !

[@gadgetmantwincities]

Excellent topic!

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

Great video

[@arcaderacer586]

LOL I love the mathematical equations on tip #1.

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

Good information

[@sethnicholls2956]

I heard a lot of downsides in this but there are actually some upsides that you lightly touched on, but the main thing that's a BONUS I enjoy is the higher top speed with a slightly larger than stock tire as long as you're set up can handle it. It might not be quite as fast off the line but your top speed will be higher with a larger wheel in my experience, haha of that is as long as you don't go crazy w the up sizing thing here.

[@toolbaggers]

You never mentioned that the added size (leverage) and mass is going to screw up your suspension settings making them feel softer than stock. But an important thing you never mentioned is that you will BREAK YOUR TRUCK MORE! The extra weight and leverage is going to add considerable more stress to the entire vehicle, especially the suspension system.

[@LIFEISHARDSTUPID]

Isn't that common knowledge or common sense? It's like mounting 33x12.50x17 muds on a stock silverado 4x4 1500 and not getting the ecm flashed for different shift points and accommodating for the circumference of larger tires to match your speedometer and etc.

[@iceman71625]

I have a traxxs ford raptor fox want to put some rowiz 1:10 7 spoke 12 mm tires ????

[@everythingrc2324]

What about a smaller spur gear (less teeth) and smaller wheels. It’s for my ecx amp crush. The wheels are huge.

[@rctd3260]

Fist!! great vid!!

[@jadc]

Thanks, very interesting. Do you notice much of a handling difference with the unsprung mass increase, or is the effect minor compared with the tire scrub difference etc? I haven't tried increasing the wheel size on any of my RCs, but did wonder if it was worth doing on my Arrma Vorteks because I know the wheels can buckle with a bit of abuse. (That said, my wheels have been pretty solid).

[@B2Humla]

Good tips 👍

[@speedslidesandspeedrides1728]

do a cooling fan

[@speedslidesandspeedrides1728]

then you don t have to change the gearing iam running on my banggood Xinlehong q901 70mm tires traxxas tires 100mm and its way to powerfull standard back flips the motor gear is 14t and it doesn t get hot at all

[@terryfrome1641]

Razor, if the chassis doesn't hit the ground what setting can change that.

[@RazorRC]

move the shocks out on the arms to shorten their overall travel

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

I put bigger tires on a 1.18 truck plus i lowered it

[@jeffreybarton3014]

Bigger tires is a good way to force yourself to upgrade stuff you wouldn't have otherwise. Driveshafts and steering hubs come first

[@ChicagoBears2121]

Followed by servos and servo savers.

[@jeffreybarton3014]

@@ChicagoBears2121 check

[@PLASMA_2005]

... I'm adding some wheels to my merv.. there only 2.2 rims... not bad on the bigger end... 5.12in tire tho... hehehehehehhehehee... I'm not gearing down for the absolute beat of a motor I have in ther... I'm gearing down so I don't 1 blow my tires trying to spin em at rpms they should never come close to seeing... I'd probably get over 120-135 mph easily.... heh... 2 I'm mildly worked about diffs n axles busting... so slower speeds less forces... tho I'm gearing down to as low as I can... the tire diameter makes up for it... heh

[@rcjoe406]

How is that stampede body still in perfect shape lol

[@RazorRC]

haha, that is my "studio" body

[@rcjoe406]

@@RazorRC nice lol she's an oldie

[@Oktourqerc]

Bro U turned it into a truggie😂

[@AsurasWrath164]

Regarding your first point: did you mean to use the dividend from the tire calculation as quotient for your pinion calculation? Not sure if I followed you correctly 🙈 Hilarious thumbnail by the way 😂

[@RazorRC]

the formula is: ( diameter of original / diameter of bigger tire ) * original pinion tooth count

[@redblue40rc33]

Thumbnail...outcast 8s tires

[@bobarends6324]

Almost 13 years into the hobby. Never set end points and never broke a (upgraded) servo. Luck?

[@juanpablosaenz444]

Yes, lots of luck lol. It places a lot of stress on the servos

[@AsurasWrath164]

Oh yes! You've been lucky indeed. Ppl around me constantly brake servos because they don't set their endpoints correctly. I do this every time I change tires or servos and so never brake them. If one fails on me then usually because it's old and the gears or the motor were outworn which will eventually happen to every servo.

[@theshyguitarist]

Tells us to do the math, says it’s not complicated. Then proceeds to not even read the tape measure correctly. Oops fail.

[@jeffbryner5355]

You know I have never once wanted bigger tires. Maybe different compounds for my race rigs or tread patterns for my bashers and or race rigs. Never bigger tires.

[@RazorRC]

yeah, same here, I actually don't really put on bigger tires, but I know a lot of people want to, so I figured it would be good to point out the things to watch out for

[@jeffbryner5355]

@@RazorRC oh for sure. I think it was a great video for the enthusiasts who want to do that kind of stuff. Now if you can tell me how to not make my super soft sc tires balloon on corner exit and straight aways that would be nice lol. I have a pro4/rx8 combo in sc6 with holes punched in them they balloon like crazy haha

[@deltazero3796]

Absolutely. bad idea on small rcs

[@JayeStyp]

This is too much lolI just want bigger tires

[@toddbertram6556]

Have fun blowing gears and overheating your motor. Just buy a bigger better rig.