Grooving Swampers is there too much?

Addilack · Oct 13, 2009

So I've searched and looked at alot of pics. I decided to play with the groover a little today. I figured the Samurai could use anything i could give it.

started with this..
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And this is what i ended up with..

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Think its too much?

JOOP · Oct 13, 2009

No but not the pattern I would of gone with.

boxboy · Oct 13, 2009

Looks great run it :awesomework:

Addilack · Oct 13, 2009

Joop enlighten me on the pattern you would of run? The tires only have roughly 25%-35% so I figured anything would have helped. Ive only done the fronts so far and I havent touched the rears yet. What should I grove? The tires I usually groove are Hoosiers that go on the race bikes so i figured any edges I could make for forward bite would help and Im still trying to figure something for more side bite.

Binder · Oct 13, 2009

:awesomework:

itwrx · Oct 14, 2009

I would of done the little side nubs in the other direction but i'm sure it will do just fine on the sammy. I'd wheel em.:beer:

JOOP · Oct 14, 2009

Addilack said:
Joop enlighten me on the pattern you would of run? The tires only have roughly 25%-35% so I figured anything would have helped. Ive only done the fronts so far and I havent touched the rears yet. What should I grove? The tires I usually groove are Hoosiers that go on the race bikes so i figured any edges I could make for forward bite would help and Im still trying to figure something for more side bite.

Here's how I have mine carved up.

nate8887 · Oct 14, 2009

Addilack said:
So I've searched and looked at alot of pics. I decided to play with the groover a little today. I figured the Samurai could use anything i could give it.

started with this..
View attachment 36361

And this is what i ended up with..

View attachment 36362

Think its too much?

I ran my 33's like that for years worked great.

dirtygoat · Oct 14, 2009

I did something similar on my 36s...

Went with this on my 38.5s...

Pook · Oct 14, 2009

JOOP said:
Here's how I have mine carved up.

x2 thats how I have always done mine. I had bought a set with the straight across cuts and they didn't have the same line holding capabilities on side hills and didn't mold to the rocks as good.

Addilack · Oct 14, 2009

I still have the groover so i think that all my middle lugs are going to get somemore groves in them. just to try and open them up some more, probably something similar to what you guys have done. Im thinking going with a 45* grove on the larger middle lugs and leaving the smaller ones alone. we'll see just anything to soften them up a little more. When I bought the Zuk i drove it home on a flat left front.... rig dosent weigh enough to compress the tire. I thank you all for your input.

Brian H · Oct 14, 2009

Addilack said:
I still have the groover so i think that all my middle lugs are going to get somemore groves in them. just to try and open them up some more, probably something similar to what you guys have done.

Dont groove them to much Adam..... You will make a tsl into an all terrain.:haha:

Addilack · Oct 14, 2009

You should see what I do to brand new Hoosiers and American Racers for my race bike... its sad to take that much rubber out of a tire that you replace everyother saturday.

JOOP · Oct 15, 2009

When I grooved mine I had a pretty big pile on the ground. It is a lot of rubber that gets wasted.

WHITE TRASH1 · Oct 15, 2009

JOOP said:
When I grooved mine I had a pretty big pile on the ground. It is a lot of rubber that gets wasted.

Try grooving a new set... On my sx's I just cut a 1/2x1/2" chunk out of the center lugs and had a big pile.

On my 44's the one was already grooved 3/4x1/2" in the center and each large and medium lug has a groove through them... I'm going to have a huge pile of $$ sitting on the floor. :haha:

Pook · Oct 15, 2009

The guys at my dad's shop almost died when I rolled my brand new 38.5" SX's into the just shutoff powdercoating oven to warm them up for grooving.

"your doing what to your brand new tires? :eeek:"

:redneck:

no excuses · Oct 15, 2009

grooved my 39.5" boggers on my mud racer to the chords and removed every third lug. Took over 40# of rubber off each tire:redneck:. Took a long time to do it, daam my hands would get sore.