Can you/do you run QTP tires tubeless????
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04/23/10 12:27 PM
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I just ordered my Quick time pro tires and was planing on running them tubeless. can I ??? do you guys run tubes or do you run tubeless? I just checked the price on tubes, like $67.00ea ouch
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Re: Can you/do you run QTP tires tubeless????
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If tubes are simply to keep them aired up , que sera sera .........if they can prevent the " what if " , then it is 120.00 well spent. I have heard of them losing air sitting , but that may have been a rim issue too But since I am not an expert , I will defer to the guys with the degrees on the wall. That's just me.
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Re: Can you/do you run QTP tires tubeless????
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I just got off the phone with Dan from Hoosier in Manchester,Ct. I asked him what he thought about running tubes WITH the QTP's. He said the ONLY reason Hoosier recomends tubes with the QTP's is because over time,air will leak out.If you are going to race the car all the time,you should NOT run tubes. He said you can,but it is better not to run the tubes when racing.
What I have found with mine are, if my car sits for a long period of time,they go flat but if I drive it 2-3 times a week,they dont.
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Re: Can you/do you run QTP tires tubeless????
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If you run tubes you better also screw the tires to rim when you have some power in the motor. I ran a couple of runs with QTP's but since I didn't want to drill my steel wheels I ran them tubeless. Did have a bit of trouble of getting them to seal on the wheelbeads, so I layed down a bead of silicon-rubber in the wheels before mounting them. This is what had happened after just one run, look at the marks... Eventually the silicon started to wad up in the beads causing a small leak themselves again. So don't do as I did
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Re: Can you/do you run QTP tires tubeless????
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These are the wheels I plan to run(ordered them today) and even though I hate to do that to brand new wheel, YES I am going to drill and screw the tires Ron...
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