Can you run buggy's on pavement??

[hugo]

I'm a newb as you can see, lol. I was just wondering if they can be run on pavement?

[robriguez]

sure, just have to change your tires. The dont handle like an On-Road car but they r pretty good. Saw some vids of someone made a rally car out of his Ofna Buggy. Was a very kewl Idea i thought.

[hugo]

I had a HS dude tell me they could be run on pavement but not for long. Dude was wrong obviously.
Thanks rob.

[robriguez]

I mean, if you ARE going to run it on pavement permanently there a bunch of stuff you should do to it to make it more "road" worthy. Like lowering the suspension, possibly changing the weight of oil in your shocks, changing springs, getting rid of the wing, getting a more "on road" body for it, maybe changing the gearing out to put less strain on the CB/Spur. Also keep in mind that most buggies do not have 2-speed.

If its only in the short term cause you wanna run today on pavement and tomorrow your going back into the dirt..then just the tires is all you need. IMO

[Plaidfish]

any pin treaded tire will wear REALLY REALLY fast on pavement.....general rule of thumb......

[jon2]

I beleive that Proline makes 1/8 th scale on road tires.

[Diver6127]

Road rages or slicks. Moabs work fine as well. Not the best for a track but a good "all terrain" tire. I ran them for a while on my TTR buggy.

[HeartBreak]

I just slap on a set of Road Rages, and off to the pavement I go. You have to remember to re-tune your engine, however.

[Plaidfish]

I just let mine run fat as hell on road....you know you're only there for the haulin ass straight runs....when it's hitting WOT for like 6-8 seconds at a time it clears out....LOL

[hugo]

Why does the engine have to be retuned?

[HeartBreak]

A change in surface texture changes the load on the engine, therefore changing the needed mixture to keep the temperature in the 'zone'. I also retune my engines if I see the track crew watering the track... I'm kinda protective of my engines, lol.

[UltegraSTI]

prolly b/c if ur on the street just tryin to be the fastest 1 on ur block, it'll need too be richer than some1 who's a on track and not as wide open all the time as u'll be.

u can do it, but........y? it will get old, get to a track!!!

-ult

[TacRacing]

I have the road rage tires.. I bought them for breakin and running street whenever..

I like running it on the street. Mine handles alot like my NTC3 did. I can lock up the brakes and slide it just like I did with the NTC3.

[hugo]

Ok guys, thanks. There's so much to learn. So thanks for taking the time.

[OFNA buggy basher]

Like everyone else said just get on-road tires. I used to run on-road with my ofna hyper 7 and it got old really fast. After like 5 or 6 high speed passes its boring. Make yourself a ramp and get your buggy some airtime.