J Mitchel
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As I wore through my original tires, quite evenly front to rear and evenly across the tread front and rear, I was able to do fantastic power slides on a blacktoped and seal coated (you know, that thick black paint you put over older asphalt) school parking lot. I had adjusted the rear camber a bit to get the even wear, but I hit the sweet spot and all was well. Last runs were very late November in dry 45 degree (F) sunshine.
I changed out all four tires to new ones I received in October from Horizon. All original were the white label, all four new ones are the white label.
Today I used the car for the first time with the new tires and same course, same sunny 45 degree weather, same surface, the ass is all over the place.
Instead of nice long arching powerslides around a corner, the rear end breaks loose, and all the way loose to a spin. Almost down to a surprisingly slow speed to have it not happen.
This happened over a 30 minute run period ( running two 6s 4000mAh batteries in parallel) and the tires were warm to the touch after a few minutes of running. The pavement was dry, few leaves, nothing I could see that would make a difference.
The front grips. The back doesn't.
I typically run the car with the throttle limited to 75% by transmitter switch, but had to go to 50% to even drive the car today without it spinning out. I am smooth on and off the throttle, but am used to inducing a slide by a hard turn jumping off the throttle. Now, throttle on, throttle off, slow turn-in, quick turn-in...doesn't matter. Spin out.
Tires are mounted in the correct rotation, BTW.
Ideas? This is not fun anymore!
Thanks,
Jeff in Portland, OR
I changed out all four tires to new ones I received in October from Horizon. All original were the white label, all four new ones are the white label.
Today I used the car for the first time with the new tires and same course, same sunny 45 degree weather, same surface, the ass is all over the place.
Instead of nice long arching powerslides around a corner, the rear end breaks loose, and all the way loose to a spin. Almost down to a surprisingly slow speed to have it not happen.
This happened over a 30 minute run period ( running two 6s 4000mAh batteries in parallel) and the tires were warm to the touch after a few minutes of running. The pavement was dry, few leaves, nothing I could see that would make a difference.
The front grips. The back doesn't.
I typically run the car with the throttle limited to 75% by transmitter switch, but had to go to 50% to even drive the car today without it spinning out. I am smooth on and off the throttle, but am used to inducing a slide by a hard turn jumping off the throttle. Now, throttle on, throttle off, slow turn-in, quick turn-in...doesn't matter. Spin out.
Tires are mounted in the correct rotation, BTW.
Ideas? This is not fun anymore!
Thanks,
Jeff in Portland, OR
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