Banden/gripmiddel
Banden
De banden zijn één van de weinige delen die echt verslijten. Ze zijn gemaakt van een soort foam. De hardheid van een band regelt ook de hoeveelheid grip. Hardere banden hebben normaal gesproken minder grip dan zachte. De hardheid van een band wordt uitgedrukt in "shore". Hoe hoger het getal, des te harder de band (zie tabel).
Na ettelijke raceavonden is er zoveel foam van de banden afgesleten dat je ze moet vervangen door nieuwe. Bij een nieuw chassis wordt meestal 1 setje banden bijgeleverd.
| Jaco tyre chart | ||
| Black | 40 shore | This is a low natural rubber compound. Special tire for insane traction carpet tracks. Does not get gummy like Purple. If you don't have insane traction you car will likely push with these. |
| Purple |
40 shore | This is a natural rubber compound. Popular front stock tire, carries good corner speed because it's firm. The foam this compound is made from gets more gummy late in a race. The more you run this compound the gummier and stickier it gets. A little more forgiving than some of the other fronts. |
| Lilac | 37 shore | This is a natural rubber compound. Great front tire for stock carpet or if dbl. pink is too much steering. |
| Double Pink | 35 shore | This is a natural rubber compound. This is the standard front tire for carpet in all classes. Its is used front and rear for 19T and Mod carpet and front and rear in all classes on asphalt. |
| Grey | 35 shore | This is a low natural rubber compound. It is just as hard as dbl. pink but it has FAR LESS traction. It is used to free up the rear of stock powered carpet cars for more efficiency and corner speed. This is the old standard rear carpet tire, most stock carpet racers use the softer yellow compound now for more forward grip. |
| Magenta | 32 shore | This is a natural rubber compound. Its softer than dbl pink so if you need more steering than dbl. pink use these up front. If you need more rear traction than dbl. pink use these in the rear. |
| Pink |
30 shore | This is a natural rubber compound. This tire is used in mod 1/12th on carpet and asphalt if the traction is low. If the traction is high it will lock in the rear of the car and make it push. |
| Yellow | 30 shore | This is a low natural rubber compound. It is the standard rear tire for Stock racing. It is used to free up the rear of stock powered carpet cars for more efficiency and corner speed. |
| White | 25 shore | This is a low natural rubber compound. It was the standard rear tire for 1/10th on road carpet racing. Its a little softer than yellow. |
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Corally tyre chart |
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| front | rear | ||
| Silver Dot | 38 shore | Pink | 30 shore |
| Gold Dot | 36 shore | Silver Dot | 30 shore |
| Silver Star | 34 shore | Gold Dot | 28 shore |
| Green | 32 shore | Green | 28 shore |
| Gold Star | 30 shore | Orange | 28 shore |
Gripmiddel
De banden hebben van zichzelf al een hoop grip op het tapijt. Echter door de banden in te smeren met gripmiddel wordt de toplaag nog zachter, waardoor de hoeveelheid grip op de baan sterk vergroot kan worden. Door de juiste hoeveelheid gripmiddel aan te brengen regel je ook de hoeveelheid grip. Zo kun je ook teveel grip krijgen. Een auto met teveel grip is erg moeilijk te rijden, moeilijker zelfs dan met te weinig grip.