Crawler Canyon Presents: This or That, Injora Comp Pin vs. Injora Comp Pin 

Rotational mass is to be avoided when possible-- but the problem is, it's so damn cheap. Heavy wheels, brass rings, hub weights-- all easy to machine, so cheaper for us to buy. Performance-wise, it's not optimal. That's why you see the super-compy Sporty guys on CF wheels with tungsten-filled pendulum weights. But they're building axles that cost more than an entire RTR.

I mean, I don't want to toot my own horn, but he has a point. 😅

I've done that with printed inserts that the outer layer wasn't quite to my liking. It's great! Give it a try!

I just want all of the S3 tires-- Kraken Claw, Swamp Claw, etc-- all re-made in S4. They also need to make a Class 3 tire.

I wouldn't cut these at this size-- the lugs are firm enough to give traction without flopping over. I think cut lugs on the 120s would make for too much work for the remaining lugs. I can absolutely see it on the sub-2lb rigs, though.

It's on the contact page, wherever RU-vid hides it. crawler canyon at gmail dot com

Oh, I could tell right away. It feels so much lighter, more responsive. And the accuracy of the steering. BUT-- that's likely because the number of hours put into that rig. If it were anyone else, they might go, "Well, it does feel sorta different."

The 3D printed insert is, I still believe, the future-- but we're still in the early stages. If you print your own, you still have some of the most expensive inserts on the market once you factor in the cost of materials and tooling. Doing parts fabrication for 2 decades, I had the out-the-door cost for everything I made, down to the ink to print the shipping label and the tape to fasten that label. So when I see a 3D printed insert, I can see all of the costs hiding inside of them. Even printing your own, the Injora silicone are cheaper... at least until you're 8-10 sets in. And after all of that printing is done, you will have landed on something optimized for a specific build, and that's everyone's end goal-- but there's no guarantee that same insert will be the answer on another rig, if it's just "different enough." I love me some bespoke, but when going through a build process (like dropping a full pound off of a 10.3 CJ in an afternoon) 3D printed isn't an option. Then what I need is "one size fits most." The more people try to convince me of the non-mythicality of Michigan, the more I feel like it's just psy-ops from shadowy forces intent on me believing in Michigan. But I pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! 🤣 🤪

@@CrawlerCanyon I asked a friend that prints inserts for sale, and he said he thinks $10-16/set including electricity.

The 4.45 ones? I have a set of those, and they are actually quite nice. No fancy compound or anything like that, but still a nice tire. I also have the Proline Super Swampers in 1.9 XL, 2.2 and 2.2 XL, and they are excellent tires, but definitely a lot more than 21 bucks. :D

@@Br0rBYep, I have the 2.2 injoras, meaty tire for the mud/dirt but i found they fold under pressure when it comes to rocks..smaller lugs for that

@@vb9300 Ah, I just have the tiny Injora ones, but the Proline 2.2 ones are big, and the XL ones are huge, so big in fact that the only rig I had for them is my 2.2 Wraith. Both the 2.2 sets are in G8 compund, and I have designed and printed inserts for them, cause why wouldn't I. :D My first Injora tires were the Injora/Austar Hyrax clones, and they aren't all that great, but at least they were cheap. It's really cool to see how much better Injora has gotten since then. Not just their tires, but all sorts of stuff they make that is now really nice, compared to pretty mediocre just a couple of years ago. I have a few SCX24s that have lots of Injora parts, and they work great.

Bubble juice. And yes, it makes it significantly easier.

Thanks

More often than not I'm pointing at something from the behind the camera that you can't see anyway. I just imagine you all can see everything I can. 🤪

A silhouette of Michigan with a question mark in it.

@@CrawlerCanyon Why does your mitten have a question mark? 😆