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How did you convert your buggy with MT tires... what parts did you use???? I would like to covert my buggy into one too.. just that I am not very good with the buggy.. I keep rolling over... and with the GS Unlimited MT coming out... I would like to convert my buggy to it.. thanks
 
Actually I havn't converted anything. I was in the market for new wheels n tires a while back so I picked up a set from my LHS. The next day we went out bashing so i thought I would mount up the new wheels to see how they did in the grass. Turns out the guy at the LHS sold me the wrong ones. They were for an MP-6 not the 7.5. So one of the guys we were bashing with had a Dominator and said, "hey why dont you try these wheels". I was hooked!!! My 7.5 and the Dominator both use 17mm hubs. It was a perfect fit.

I went back to the LHS and explained he sold me the wrong ones and after arguing about it for a while we decided he would take the wrong ones back and exchange them for another set. He just got the new tread pattern in so I got the Ofna wheels with Ofna tires on there now.

Couple things I need to point out.
1) Mounting such large heavy tires will KILL your bottom end. I could routinely do donuts in the dirt with my buggy tires at 1/2 throttle. With these things I have to give it full throttle just to get it to jump off the line...I can't get them to spin at all now.
2) It damatically increases the throttle input sensitivity while in the air. I could NOT get the buggy to back flip or even forward tilt while in the air. Now I have to be extra carefull not to touch the throttle at all while in the air because it will flip at will, both directions. Almost did a double back flip in my front yard jumping garbage cans. I little more speed or a higher angle on the ramp and I'm sure I could have pulled it off.
3) Make sure you have aluminum clutch shoes. I have gone through two sets of MIP performance clutch shoes so far....the alum ones are on order and will be here this week.

Other than that they are great!!!!! They increase the ride height by more then an inch making it much much easier to go through taller grass. Since they are so soft they absorb tons of g-force when landing. No matter what i do no matter what the surface, I cannot get the buggy to flip over in a turn. And they make it look mean as hell. :banana: :banana:
 
The tires on the Storm MT look phat a hell... When it comes out I wanna try to get my hands on some to see how they would look on my Truggy. Its kind of sacrilidge to make an Inferno into a truggy but what the hell.... I get bored of things staying the same for too long.

Change is good.
 
You just change the wheels thats it?
you'll want to do a gearing change if you want that bottom end back. I tried that with my Hyper7 too.
I ended up just getting a Dominator because I couldn't find a larger spur gear. I did change the Clutch bell to the smallest I could find, that help a little

If you run those big tire with the buggy gear ratios you'll soon start burning your clutch and the engine will want to run hot.
 
Thats why I listed the three issues I've found since changing to the big tire....yes you are absolutely correct. i have all those issues. My purpose was not to do a full conversion but just to see how things would run with big ass tires....I doubt I will keep them on there for long but its just klewl for now to have them. The largest Spur I can find for the Inferno is 48t. I'm already at a 13t clutch bell. Theres not much higher I can go without swapping in a ton of MT parts. I'm just not that committed to transforming my buggy.

I am now comitted to one thing tho.....I'm definitly getting a Savage. This way i have my Buggy for speed and a Savage for bashing.
 
Ofna is making a 12 tooth bell if you want to go there.

That's why I decided to put the hyper7 back to stock
I figured I'd keep it for racing and get the Dom for bashing and racing once in a while

I also like being able to use the same starter box for both, I just can't stand pull start engines
 
well I am not a buggy man at all.. I got the buggy for bashing but realize... nah not for me... so with the GS Ulitimate coming out I am sure I can get a gear ratio from them..


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plus I am just gonna convert it in an MT then
 
yeah I know... probably I'll keept the buggy wheels and just convert them back and forth... buggy by day and MT by nite...
 
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