Mark Corns also ran BSR tires.He made 5 A-mains and won Stock Sprint Car.

great tire John...BSR silvers and pinks were awesome on dirt...congrats to all racers who attended the US dirt nats

Eric

team BSR

does anyone know what tires to run on commercial office carpet like you would find in a home improvement store

does anyone know what tires to run on commercial office carpet like you would find in a home improvement store


Is it short pile loop carpet, similar to what would be in a office building?

Doug P
Taem BSR

yeah, I've been running pinks and purp rf and tires are wearing really fast.

Hey bud... as far as your office carpet issue, we have one track here that has a similar surface, and it just destroys tires. Only thing I found that helped was to limit the dope as much as possible. Helped a little bit, but not much... I don't know any other solutions, but I'd like to hear if anyone has one as well...

By the way, I'm not on the BSR team or anything, but did want to offer a "thank you" as I've been hooked up on my BSR's. At a trophy race in Northern Indiana last night, had a dominant TQ & winning run in 4C stock, and a rocket in 4300 BR, finished third but couldn't put a good run together. Thanks for making a great tire!

how's it goin todd. started 2.20 ended 2.125. I was running a new car but at that rate ill go through a set a week. I wasn't doping the tires either

That's about what we got up here. There's something to be said about having a properly set-up car and all, but that stuff just eats foam up. Our track here, to compound the problem, is a paperclip, like running Martinsville. Rocket down the straight, slam it into the corner, repeat... From talking to you before, guessing that's what your faced with, too...

yep, still was fast with batts not cycled in 3 months. the track has 9ft turns so it is a pain anyways. wish I still had my l4, just figured out how to make it really fast

This has been asked before I'm sure but what is the diff in perf between a green and a white. I would guess the white would wear better but does the white have more bite or does the green

I asked a local that I race w/ that ? also. He stated that the Greens will loosen up a little as the run goes on. which can be good as the rubber is laid down.

would a bad push cause a lot of tire wear

Yes, Mostly front tires.

Doug P

the backs had the most wear, the fronts weren't that bad. the rear end wasn't ever close to loose could that be the cause

Our track got some new carpet this past summer and it took about 10 weeks with about 25-35 guys running on it before tire wear slowed down. In the beginning we were burning up a set a night. now it's about 3 weeks on the same set. Hope this helps.
Fireball

This has been asked before I'm sure but what is the diff in perf between a green and a white. I would guess the white would wear better but does the white have more bite or does the green

Page 31 of this forum has a pretty good explanation of this. Whites will wear less, but green is said to have more "bite" I think that the green gives up more bite at the end of a run than white will.

BSR tires were $ yesterday at the Winter Blast Warm Up race @ K&N, TQ and won the A,.44 sec off the record, thank you for a great product John!

This is a question for BSR - why don't you have whites/grays or the other compounds for touring car? I realize there aren't a lot of touring oval drivers. Overall I'm very happy with the foam TC tires that you do have. Just having the choice of 3 combo tires for TC and the XX pink is great (along with the other tc tires).

IndyRC I think you answered your own question, I realize there aren't a lot of touring oval drivers. John has always tried to provide the best tires and an assortment of them to fit any track and class, but at some point he has to decide if it's a good business choice.

I should have also added/asked if XX pink on a TC tire is the same as XX pink on a pan car tire? I would assume that they are.

I would thin John uses the same compounds for the oval vs touring car tires, I can't see any reason for him to call a pink a xx pink just because it's on a touring car rim.

Page 31 of this forum has a pretty good explanation of this. Whites will wear less, but green is said to have more "bite" I think that the green gives up more bite at the end of a run than white will.
thanks

I should have also added/asked if XX pink on a TC tire is the same as XX pink on a pan car tire? I would assume that they are.

Actually, in my tire line, touring car foam tire compounds are different from pan car compounds. Right now 12th scale is the same as pan car. 12th scale tire compounds are about to change when my new wheel comes out. Road course racers are having difficulty adjusting to my 12th on-road tire offerings being different from the norm. Basically a xxpink touring tire is equivalent to a pan car purple. Therefore a touring xx-pink/orange would be the same as pan car purple/orange. Touring car team tire is same as pan car team purple, and purple touring is same as pan car xx-purple. In pan car tires racers wanted more choices since we sometimes run different tires on all 4 corners. Therefore I changed from the norm (for pan car tires) in the industry to accommodate for more choices and it has worked well I believe.

Thanks John for the prompt and informative response. I appreciate getting the facts from the source. Since I do race a TC on oval, this information will help me with my tire selection and tire prep.

John can u tell me what the purple / custom work wheel fronts durometer at ? lookin for something for carpet RF's , thanks

XXXtmfman3- On a MaxMod durometer, the purple CW tires should durometer in the low 40's, meaning 40-42ish....keep in mind, everyones durometer reads a little different, and even the technique of pushing it down can be different.

IndyRC Racer- In the past we've actually made some test tires out of the white/gray/black type foam, but the guys complained that is wore EXTREMELY fast,even compared to say a xx pink. It did also tend to chunk easier.

Merry Christmas to Team BSR. Thanks for the BEST tires on the market and the exceptional support!

JWHousley

Merry Christmas to Team BSR. Thanks John for all your help and such a GREAT tire.
BSR TQ and won "A" main in 4300 BL last nite @ RCSM also TQ and won week before. Thanks John!

is there any difference between a spec green and a standard green foam tire?

Merry Christmas to all !!
Okay tire question ..my brother likes to be aggersive on the wheel ....pull hard in other words...we are running 3 whites and a black ...he feels it is too loose on carpet ...I would say same size as snowbirds from what I'm told...I was thinking of changing the right rear...what would anyone suggest...
thanks
Racin JJ

Well, loose where? what class? Might try Pearls on the rear, Gray LF or Silver RF.

He says it is loose into the corner...We run stock ...the only thing is he doesn't like to slowly turn the wheel he is more a jerk the wheel type of driver....
thanks
Racin JJ

He could always try putting a bandaid by slowing down the Servo Speed in the Radio.....
But I'd try a Pearl on the LR first.....

cool thanks ...I was also thinking of going back to a stock servo would that help as well?
Racin JJ

If the Servo is slower, than it "Could" ......You could also pound him while he's on the drivers stand everytime he jerks the wheel, and tell him "Smooth it out".... :D

What kind of servo is in the car now??

is the hard blues still availible and I was told soft blues were going to be fazed out, I hope thats not true. and can anyone tell me what the black and silver is good for? flat/banked?

Ken black silver is good for RF flat track

cool thanks ...I was also thinking of going back to a stock servo would that help as well?
Racin JJ
If the pearl rear doesn't work, he's just going to have to drive smoother. The sudden turning is probably killing a lot of speed going into the corner. These cars have to be a little bit loose going into the corner to be fast. Also you might check for a body rub on one of the front tires. Good luck,hope this helps.

Ken,
The FIRM blues are the tires that arent going to be available anymore. The F1001 is not a hard blue any more but is the softer compound like 60ish on a maxmod type durometer if I remember correctly. The Blue sticker has a dot in the middle if its the softer blue foam. .......(Hand marked and quality checked by the P.O.P. :) ) If I'm wrong I'm sure John or Kevin can correct me.

Racing JJ,
If changing the LR to a pearl doesnt work you could also try turning the steering speed down on his radio, or messing with the steering exponenial a little if he really just cant get rid of the jerk the wheel habit lol.

You could also put a damper tube on his steering wheel (radio). If he drives like that, almost nothing is going to fix his problem except practice not doing it.

I have seen some racers put an r/c plane tire (foam) over the steering wheel on a radio. just my .02 cents

thank you everyone for the help! I will try the pearl left rear as well working with him on the steering..Thank you all for the info and help!!
Racin JJ

You could also put a damper tube on his steering wheel (radio). If he drives like that, almost nothing is going to fix his problem except practice not doing it.

i havent laughed at a post on an rc forum in sooo long, thanks mike!!

Thanks for the tire and car tips John.........69 4:02 was the tq and track record monday. I think 70 will be there soon. I just got to get dad to think outside the box now. Thanks for the great product!!!! BSR qualified top 3 in mod and finished 1st and 2nd.

Later,
Rick Liehr

No problem Ricky, anytime. I live outside the box. Congrats on the great job.

You could also put a damper tube on his steering wheel (radio). If he drives like that, almost nothing is going to fix his problem except practice not doing it.

I could use a damper tube on my wheel...i couldnt tell the the number of times someone said stop clacking the wheel. Its a bad habbit to let the wheel selfcenter by letting it loose.

Merry Christmas to all !!
Okay tire question ..my brother likes to be aggersive on the wheel ....pull hard in other words...we are running 3 whites and a black ...he feels it is too loose on carpet ...I would say same size as snowbirds from what I'm told...I was thinking of changing the right rear...what would anyone suggest...
thanks
Racin JJ

Some negative exponential would probably help if your not already running it. I would start at 30% and adjust from there, it really makes a difference.

Doug p

Fellas (or John), I'm new to BSR's and I need your help. I'm trying to piece together the foam/rubber family information as BSR's web site does not have it. I am not interested in which track applications or tire locations they work best in. I'm looking for the family of foam that each tire is in. I'm quite surprised at how hard this information is to find (not referring to just BSR). When describing the families, please include the rubber content (most important)! Thanks!

The pearl, white, grey, and black are the exotic foam family.

Green, blue and I think yellow are foam.

Pink, dbl pink, purple, team purple and dbl purple are foam rubber. I'm not sure of the rubber content.
Hop this helps

DZ

Hi Zippy. Missed you in MP yesterday.

I've switched over to BSR's exclusively this year. They worked great for me yesterday - once I found "my" combo.