Apex2 Hoonitruck tire thoughts…

[GMCK1500shoptruck]

Just grabbed a factory sealed Team Associated Hoonitruck from Facebook marketplace… it’s fun to drive, but it doesn’t really “hoon” all that well. I’m looking for advice on a set of tires with less traction, but I’m not sure I want to go all the way to hard plastic drift tires…

I run the truck almost exclusively on a sealed blacktop parking lot, and I would like to drive the truck like Ken used to drive the real thing (RIP ).

Any suggestions on what to look for?

 

[Chubaka]

Wrap the tires in ductape or electrical tape? Maybe try 2 drift wheels and 2 grip wheels? If it's not a walking surface or driving surface, spray some armor all. Best do that after pressure washing. It seals the concrete from getting dirty and may trap dirt in.

 

[DavidB1126]

Wrap the tires in ductape or electrical tape?

Gorilla tape. Tried it on my TT and worked pretty well. But my taping job sucks so like after 5 minutes it started ripping up and getting in the driveshafts

 

[WickedFog]

Those tires on that kit aren't drift tires unless you're on a surface like smooth concrete flooring like in a warehouse. I'd try some of the hard plastic tires for pavement.

 

[Armysolo]

With the stock motor and ESC you're limited. I used the hard plastic tires and filled the diffs with 20k rear 10k front. Why the put a brushed motor in a car that's meant to hoon is beyond me. I swapped the stock motor and ESC for a castle link sidewinder now running 3s. I also did the rally conversion kit which gave me the center diff. Allows for even more tuning.

 

[GMCK1500shoptruck]

I appreciate all of the input!

A few more thoughts from my end… I don’t feel like it’s too slow, I feel like it has too much traction… I don’t have any immediate plans to upgrade the motor/ESC. Maybe someday…

I don’t think the tape thing would work for me, for the reason stated in a previous post- even if I was able to wrap the tires perfectly I still think it would come off and cause problems… the half and half option (2 regular, 2 drift) is intriguing, but not sure how that would handle…

I have a banggood special mini cooper with hard plastic wheels, it’s like driving on ice! It’s great at sliding around, and it’s a fun challenge to control it, but I’m thinking I want something in between for the Hoonitruck. I want to be able to slide it around but not like it’s on ice. That being said if it’s a choice between the regular road tires and the hard plastic drift tires I will go with the hard tires…

Thanks again!

 

[TeknoJ]

With the stock motor and ESC you're limited. I used the hard plastic tires and filled the diffs with 20k rear 10k front. Why the put a brushed motor in a car that's meant to hoon is beyond me. I swapped the stock motor and ESC for a castle link sidewinder now running 3s. I also did the rally conversion kit which gave me the center diff. Allows for even more tuning.

You have a build thread on that for us?

 

[Chubaka]

Plastidip on drift wheels?

Maybe a little strip of tape on grip tires or a strip of something sticky on the drift wheels?

 

[GMCK1500shoptruck]

Finally decided to go ahead and get the drift wheels… works great, now I just need to practice so I can get better at drifting/sliding…