Soo good they were BANNED! JConcepts Megalithic RC Crawler Tires Tested

[@RadRaf]

I have an SCX10 pro almost stock. I threw some voodoo KLRM at our local popular spot and my rig just bounced, wouldn't hook or perform. I traded them online to someone who said those tires were king in his area (Midwest) and he sent me my first set of megalithics. That tire with no other change made my rig run so much better. I think region and rocks can play an important role in your tire choosing. Someone once gave me some real good advise, go see what your performance crew locals are running and ask what they like.

[@RoadsideRC]

This is GREAT advice! Yes - exact terrain, setup, etc make a huge difference. I wonder if the tires you got also have the stock foams in them? Many folks have said these tires got a lot better for them when they swapped foams. Perhaps the stock foams aren't great.

[@Casitascrawlers]

One of my favorite tires 👍

[@DearDiaryMe]

This channel is a super helpfull, evrytime i search for rc info. this comes out always helpfull. thanks

[@RoadsideRC]

Glad to hear it! Very happy the videos are useful!

[@davidbertrand7069]

There isn’t a sorrca tire ban list anymore. There are now standards for diameter and lugs that can get a tire ban. But no tires are banned because they are too good. If a tire was made out of garbage compound and had negative voids it would also be banned even though it sucks.

[@RoadsideRC]

Thanks for the clarification!

[@scottoblander9419]

Correct, and megalithics meet the new requirements as far as I know

[@davidbertrand7069]

@@scottoblander9419 they don’t. The negative voids in the tread make it illegal for sorrca use. That part of the rules was written in because of megas.

[@scottoblander9419]

@@davidbertrand7069 You're right, still illegal. I was thinking of ruptures, which are legal for C3 now.

[@PleasureAfterWorkRcCrawlers]

Banned because of the lugs…what…that’s like saying we do not want progression…btw, the Earth is still flat 🤣

[@douggregoryHOTMotorsports]

New tires rarely work better than ones that have 'worn in' some. I'd also imagine the stock foams, when new, just aren't the most compliant. With the exception of a certain proline tire....I am typically underwhelmed by any new tire once it's on the ground. After it's ran a little I can tell if it's going to work.

[@RoadsideRC]

Thanks for the feedback! I do get frustrated with the changing in foam performance over time. Certainly stiffer at first, and gets softer over time. It clearly means these will perform different throughout their life!

[@PeasantNo.471]

@@RoadsideRC the best foams I have ever tried are a.l.t. foams, since then I run in all my tires with alt.they stay the same after 2 years...but kinda expensive.

[@beng.6417]

I was running the Megalithics but the new Azteks have become my go-to tire on my Zoku VRD

[@RoadsideRC]

I really like the Azteks as well!

[@nastytrucker4384]

I run the megalithics on my ugrc outlaw pro comp truck with v1 3 brother's anti foams and they do awesome the truck is 5 1/2 lbs with a lexan body, I would change out the foams and vent them and that should completely change the way they perform

[@RoadsideRC]

It seems changing the foams to get the most out of them is the #1 answer!

[@Quitmotorsports]

I personally think the Tusks are a better tire than the megas in my experience comping. Tires are a very difficult part to say one is better or best because of the different climates and terrains in the US or world for that matter. What a lot of my buddies run on the west coast is vastly different than what we run on the east coast and I find different tires like hyrax or krawlers perform better in the NE than central east coast. But I do appreciate your videos always! Jconcept tires also tend to do better once broken in a bit.

[@RoadsideRC]

Thanks! Coming soon is a test of the Tusks - and you are 100% right. They seemed to do DRAMATICALLY better than these.

[@Durzo88]

I run Megalithics on my OG Ascent with soft printed inserts. They work significantly better than the stock tires with foams or printed inserts. I also have a bit of weight added so I get the squish needed to really take advantage of the tread. I'm basing this on the rocks here in Tennessee (they were perfect at Big Buddha's RC Ranch).

[@RoadsideRC]

Agree - I think the stock inserts were really holding these tires back.

[@Slaters_RC]

I run megs and won 2 comps in a row with them. I run Exocage cheat codes in mine. Put the foam inserts from the vanquish tires into the megs and test them again. Bet it will change your mind.

[@RoadsideRC]

I bet you are right! A BIG caveat with this test was that I was using the factory foams.

[@tundrasr5709]

How much does your truck weigh? Do you run soft, super soft, or med in them? Thanks

[@christophermears7738]

Think it depends on what type of terrain you're driving on. Not like the stock vanquish tires don't do so well here in Maine whereas those megalithic do do quite well. It's hard to take half of these rural organizations seriously when it comes to a sport that really doesn't have any rules

[@RoadsideRC]

Agree! Different types of terrain really matters.

[@zzr1200guy]

I run the Megalithics on my Redcat Ascent Fusion, Vanquish Fordyce and Phoenix. The Megalithics performed great for me. I am running the Proline dual stage foams. The stock Redcat ascent fusion tires is junk IMHO. The stock Vanquish tires was great but to me the Megalithics out perform them. I was at Barfield and could not make it up a particular rock with stock tires on my Phoenix so I switched the wheels and tires (Megalithics), on my Redcat Fusion and made it up the rock with no problems.

[@RoadsideRC]

Awesome! Glad they work well for you!

[@TrokaRC]

I'm a fan of the redcat ascent tires with injora inserts.

[@RoadsideRC]

They really are pretty good! Especially for a factory tire.

[@Gibsonlife573]

I experienced a little bit of hop in them so what I done on the smaller stuff is I cut the lug down just a little bit which they're going to be a lot bigger on the bigger tires so you might have to do like a meal and a half

[@RoadsideRC]

Thanks for sharing that tip!

[@billyb5057]

cool tyre tests mate *🥸fully viewed🤖Au🦘☑thumbs up👍have a great weekend👍*

[@RoadsideRC]

Thank you 👍

[@Gibsonlife573]

Little trick I learned I wipe all mine down with a 409 Degreaser lemon scented and it helps get that original sticky off of them and that compound release agent and then afterwards they are super sticky

[@RoadsideRC]

That is an interesting tip! Thanks for sharing.

[@grvtyboyRC]

OMG laughed so hard - I forget to vent every single time too hahaha!

[@RoadsideRC]

EVERY. TIME. :)

[@Friskee62]

Difficult Board of Death...that made me laugh out loud, nice.

[@jerryvolpini7987]

The 'Megalithic' being banned has more to do with tread design, not compound or effectiveness. Also, I dont find much value in an incline board. The board has no relevance to real life terrain so, the only measurement criteria that is important, is an actual test drive, like you did. I mean, a slick will likely outperform all of them on the board but not exactly ideal for crawling, lol 😂

[@RoadsideRC]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@jerryvolpini7987]

@@RoadsideRCJust my opinion, of course 😉

[@royalshank3267]

​@RoadsideRC Maybe you can just add some texture and some bumps to the board so the tire has something to conform to. Then you could still adjust the overall angle for testing. Great videos! Glad to see more crawler content.

[@KingMrBigE]

Its the open lugs that got them banned instead of that they were actually any better than anything else. I cut some stock VRD tires and they actually perform way better than not cut. So I get your using the Ascent tires as an example.

[@RoadsideRC]

Thanks for the feedback - I appreciate that!

[@Gibsonlife573]

I would highly recommend wiping them down getting that original compound off of there tremendously good do some very technical lines do it with one tire and do it with the other tire and watch every placement of that tire and see which one pulls better guaranteed these right here pull like a Mack truck

[@RoadsideRC]

You didn't see the back-to-back outside in this video. Solid point. I run these same lines all the time. The Megalothics 100% did not out perform other tires I have had out there.

[@johnroop596]

SORRCA =GOOD OLEBOY GROUP

[@Gibsonlife573]

And Jake Concepts is known to have a little bit of a thicker carcass so yeah I would say you need more pliability but these tires are insane good on the smaller stuff let me rephrase myself and from what I've heard people talk about they're just like and seeing them on video are insane

[@RoadsideRC]

Another person said he cuts the foams in them. I could see that making a big impact here.

[@rafaelmunguia7223]

Link for the treal wheels?

[@RoadsideRC]

Here you go: alnk.to/e774Ian

[@rafaelmunguia7223]

@@RoadsideRC thanks

[@1sickgsx]

The stock foams were junk. Once i scrubbed them and got some decent inserts it felt like a new truck/cheat code.

[@RoadsideRC]

I do agree that the foams appeared to be holding the tires back.

[@1sickgsx]

@@RoadsideRC they were good enough with the BAMFs on my 2.2 car that I "invested" in some flubs for my 1.9 try hard build. Like a month ago. Still haven't shipped. #neveragain

[@thomasblair7996]

They may do better with a different foam or insert,then again it could be area there crawling,may be a tire someone else but not yourself

[@RoadsideRC]

Yes! 100% - I really think the exact foams used are very important here.

[@Gibsonlife573]

You spun the Vanquish tires way faster

[@RoadsideRC]

I only showed one example run from MANY. All tires were treated the same.

[@kaskiiiii]

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[@RoadsideRC]

I have seen a few 3D printable drift cars - they are interesting! My concern before was that by the time I bought the bearings, gears, etc - it cost almost as much as just buying a regular drift kit in the first place. Is this one better?

[@mikedubree2064]

The wood surface for the test is no the best , I do not like Hyrax tires but they will do good on wood more then other tires

[@RoadsideRC]

Mixed testing is important - we have a lot of outside crawling, but also have events inside as well.

[@853massey]

Ruptures all the way in my experience, much better than Megalithics.

[@RoadsideRC]

Thanks for the feedback!