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Soo good they were BANNED! JConcepts Megalithic RC Crawler Tires Tested

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I had a brainwave....if I don't run SORRCA stuff, then maybe I should be using their banned tires! If they are soo good that SORRCA won't let folks use them, maybe that is a sign they are the perfect tire for me!

That is what I test today!

Focus tires, JConcept Megalithic: https://alnk.to/3cm5TzQ
Wheels used: https://alnk.to/e774Ian

Tires I 100% suggest: Proline Trencher 1.9: https://alnk.to/gzVGrB6

Video timeline:
0:00 JConcepts Megalithic
1:09 Test method
1:35 Baseline
2:44 Install
4:03 Indoor test
4:27 Issue
5:26 Outdoor test
7:40 Review

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20 Comments

@davidbertrand7069 1 year ago (edited)

There isn’t a sorrca tire ban list anymore. There are now standards for diameter and lugs that can get a tire ban. But no tires are banned because they are too good. If a tire was made out of garbage compound and had negative voids it would also be banned even though it sucks.

@Quitmotorsports 1 year ago

I personally think the Tusks are a better tire than the megas in my experience comping. Tires are a very difficult part to say one is better or best because of the different climates and terrains in the US or world for that matter. What a lot of my buddies run on the west coast is vastly different than what we run on the east coast and I find different tires like hyrax or krawlers perform better in the NE than central east coast. But I do appreciate your videos always! Jconcept tires also tend to do better once broken in a bit.

@RadRaf 1 year ago

I have an SCX10 pro almost stock. I threw some voodoo KLRM at our local popular spot and my rig just bounced, wouldn't hook or perform. I traded them online to someone who said those tires were king in his area (Midwest) and he sent me my first set of megalithics. That tire with no other change made my rig run so much better. I think region and rocks can play an important role in your tire choosing. Someone once gave me some real good advise, go see what your performance crew locals are running and ask what they like.

@DearDiaryMe 1 year ago

This channel is a super helpfull, evrytime i search for rc info. this comes out always helpfull. thanks

@Casitascrawlers 1 year ago

One of my favorite tires 👍

@douggregoryHOTMotorsports 1 year ago (edited)

New tires rarely work better than ones that have 'worn in' some. I'd also imagine the stock foams, when new, just aren't the most compliant. With the exception of a certain proline tire....I am typically underwhelmed by any new tire once it's on the ground. After it's ran a little I can tell if it's going to work. << I should remember that before cutting factory foams before installing the tires the first time. Once they get 'worked' I typically regret cutting as much. Oh...I'm a venter too.

@Friskee62 1 year ago

Difficult Board of Death...that made me laugh out loud, nice.

@Durzo88 1 year ago

I run Megalithics on my OG Ascent with soft printed inserts. They work significantly better than the stock tires with foams or printed inserts. I also have a bit of weight added so I get the squish needed to really take advantage of the tread. I'm basing this on the rocks here in Tennessee (they were perfect at Big Buddha's RC Ranch).

@royhuffman3070 1 year ago

I have the megalithic on my redcat ascent fusion and I have the foams in them that came in them and they are amazing I've been to a few indoor crawling places and outside on the rocks and I love them

@beng.6417 1 year ago

I was running the Megalithics but the new Azteks have become my go-to tire on my Zoku VRD

@daddyj7901 1 year ago

Picked these up around christmas for my 7 pound basecamp and I personally find the foams to be a touch too soft for the weight of it. They've hooked up really well for me in the snow, and at a local indoor course. Definitely looking forward to trying them out more once things warm up

@PastorOfMuppets616 1 year ago

I just got into trail trucking. Not really crawling, as I just have an Axial SCX10.3 Base Camp. It's a little tippy for heavy rock crawling. That said, I do need to get some metal beadlocks for my first upgrade (well I already put in a HW1060 and 70kg 9imod servo but that doesn't count) so I will be looking at tires. Thanks for the (as always) honest review.

@Gibsonlife573 1 year ago

Little trick I learned I wipe all mine down with a 409 Degreaser lemon scented and it helps get that original sticky off of them and that compound release agent and then afterwards they are super sticky

@grvtyboyRC 1 year ago

OMG laughed so hard - I forget to vent every single time too hahaha!

@jerryvolpini7987 1 year ago (edited)

The 'Megalithic' being banned has more to do with the tread design, not compound or effectiveness. Also, I dont find much value in an incline board. The board has no relevance to real life terrain so, the only measurement criteria that is important, is an actual test drive, like you did. I mean, a slick will likely outperform all of them on the board but not exactly ideal for crawling, lol 😂

@christophermears7738 1 year ago

Think it depends on what type of terrain you're driving on. Not like the stock vanquish tires don't do so well here in Maine whereas those megalithic do do quite well. It's hard to take half of these rural organizations seriously when it comes to a sport that really doesn't have any rules

@Gibsonlife573 1 year ago

I experienced a little bit of hop in them so what I done on the smaller stuff is I cut the lug down just a little bit which they're going to be a lot bigger on the bigger tires so you might have to do like a meal and a half

@nastytrucker4384 1 year ago

I run the megalithics on my ugrc outlaw pro comp truck with v1 3 brother's anti foams and they do awesome the truck is 5 1/2 lbs with a lexan body, I would change out the foams and vent them and that should completely change the way they perform

@zzr1200guy 1 year ago

I run the Megalithics on my Redcat Ascent Fusion, Vanquish Fordyce and Phoenix. The Megalithics performed great for me. I am running the Proline dual stage foams. The stock Redcat ascent fusion tires is junk IMHO. The stock Vanquish tires was great but to me the Megalithics out perform them. I was at Barfield and could not make it up a particular rock with stock tires on my Phoenix so I switched the wheels and tires (Megalithics), on my Redcat Fusion and made it up the rock with no problems.

@Slaters_RC 1 year ago

I run megs and won 2 comps in a row with them. I run Exocage cheat codes in mine. Put the foam inserts from the vanquish tires into the megs and test them again. Bet it will change your mind.