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The rear tires have the sand paddles vulcanized in place. In true Skat Trak fashion, the casings are buffed to shed weight. The rear tires feature a wider, flatter profile similar to buggy-style paddle tires. But if you don't have any problem to spin large diameter sand tires in the sand, that's great, they look probably better than smaller tires on 1000.Through extensive research Skat Trak has now designed their own line of four ply rated tire casings. Just we both know sand is a different and paddles put lot of resistance in it, that all. I think each of us is talking about different things, but sure light tires are better than heavy ones. So basically we figure that for 12lbs of wheel weight equals 170 lbs of passenger and im not sure about how your car reacts when you put a heavy passenger in but I can really feel the difference in mine. So we added a total of 170lbs of passengers to the faster car and that made them equal. We had 2 cars and one was running 12lbs of heavier tires and wheels and would get beat by the lighter tired car so we switched tires around and the lighter tired car would now win. Tire weight is huge, 12lbs of total weight between all 4 is equal to having 170lbs of passenger weight in the car. Same thing with the old Banshee when we would remove weight from the flywheel. IMOĬlick to expand.I will say this to help people grasp the concept, Back in the day on a VW that made 60hp you could remove 6lbs of weight from the flywheel and it felt like 10 more Hp cause it revved up faster and accelerated harder. And you will need more power to spin larger diameter tires than smaller ones in the sand. Because even with the light weight, sand tires put more resistance than actually stock tires will do in the sand. Honestly don't want to argue, you right, low weight of Skats is big plus, but not enough power to spin them in the sand is what killing the belts. There are a few pictures next to the sand stripper 28 with 85" rollout.Īnd a picture of a pile of front Skats. Heres a few pictures of the Extreme Warlock 30x11x14 mounted on rims at 20.5 lbs. The new 30" skats are weighing in at 13lbs then add your wheel of choice.Īs far as gearing goes the Taller Rollout of the Skat-Trak will help give your car back its top end speeds of 70+ MPH. Now the Extreme 30 x 11 x14 Tire and wheel weighs in at 20.5 lbs that's pretty substantial. A 30" mongrel by itself weighs 34lbs then add a light rim of say 11lbs now your talking about 45lbs per wheel per corner and that would require a clutch kit. Get some Shock Candy today!!Īlso with a light weight Skat-Trak that has 94"+ of rollout you really should not have to buy a clutch kit because the car doesn't have to push a heavy tire and that weight is what is killing the belt not the extra rollout. Our Shock Candies come in two shaft sizes 3/4" and 7/8".
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The result is a much plusher feel as you enter bottom out and added ground clearance at full bottom out so you don't case the frame. Our "Shock Candy" shock stops help eliminate that problem by slightly reducing the overall travel of the shock at bottom out and brings the bottom out/joust bumper into play faster. So now instead of bottoming out the suspension, you are actually hitting or casing the frame. Once you air them down they really shrink in diameter. Many tire sizes, whether dirt or paddles, run short of the true size. It really comes down to the geometry of the rear suspension and the tire size.
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You are more than likely casing the frame. If it's harsh and abrupt you're probably not bottoming out the suspension. They have spent big money on revalving and springs but still have problems. We get calls on a regular basis from customers complaining about bottoming out when they are in the dunes. here is a quote from Mark at Desert Molding concepts and why he makes the Shock Candy collars to limit the XPs from casing the frames. Click to expand.The Polaris cars need more ground clearance so they can use all of there suspension.