Vented or unvented tires?

[Mike4xdriver]

Do you vent your tires or not?
If you do, do you vent the tire or the beadlock ring?
What say you?

 

[Chubaka]

Vented will theoretically help with adding traction and less bouncing. Do you go in water or mud? Hows the traction with the mud slingers? I'm thinking of getting the 2.2 variety.

 

[Mike4xdriver]

Vented will theoretically help with adding traction and less bouncing. Do you go in water or mud? Hows the traction with the mud slingers? I'm thinking of getting the 2.2 variety.

99.9% dry and the tires are ok on the rocks, not super impressed with them but they are the cheapest Chinese crap tire/wheel combo on amazon. I have this set which are way better for traction.

Another question
Do you think it would be possible to adjust the air using a syringe with a tiny needle?

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

I put tiny holes right in the middle of the tread. Air prevents the foams (or anti-foams, whatever you got in there) from doing their job which causes traction loss.

Also, the mud slingers suck in anything but mud. I tried them on the wife's Trx4 and even she noticed the poor performance. They were cheap though and I like the way they look.

 

[RC-Steve]

Venting works really well in high RPM applications like bashing. I don't think a crawler's wheels spin fast enough to make a significant difference.

 

[Mike4xdriver]

I put tiny holes right in the middle of the tread. Air prevents the foams (or anti-foams, whatever you got in there) from doing their job which causes traction loss.

Also, the mud slingers suck in anything but mud. I tried them on the wife's Trx4 and even she noticed the poor performance. They were cheap though and I like the way they look.

My rig is heavy enough the tires squat a little with no vents

 

[Mike4xdriver]

I knew they wouldn't be the greatest, mostly bought them for display, figured I'd play with them a bit and they didn't to terrible but the lack of side load traction has always been their downfall.

 

[xjtorc]

I put tiny holes right in the middle of the tread. Air prevents the foams (or anti-foams, whatever you got in there) from doing their job which causes traction loss.

This is the answer. Although, sometimes my "tiny" holes end up as shmedium holes...and that's okay too.

Venting works really well in high RPM applications like bashing. I don't think a crawler's wheels spin fast enough to make a significant difference.

Venting the rubber makes a huge difference in crawlers. It allows air to escape the tire so it can conform to whatever it's rolling over.