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Post by jackal20 on Jul 27, 2008 0:52:35 GMT -5
i wanted the truck to run into corners alittle flatter and tighten up some of the body roll . i used a kyosho 8th scale rear swaybar with rc4wd alum ball ends drilled in the front bumper    |
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Post by Rob #28 on Jul 27, 2008 7:07:15 GMT -5
Looks good. I see you did the carbon front tower mod as well. I am running inside shock mount hole and inside camber mount hole and off-power steering is great now. ;D
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william
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Post by william on Jul 27, 2008 8:43:50 GMT -5
great Idea, you just earned a karma point  |
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Post by jackal20 on Jul 27, 2008 9:50:06 GMT -5
thank guys, i going to spend some time today trying shock set-ups oil/positions/ i have a set losi shocks that i'm going to try also mm/4600kv  |
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Post by Rob #28 on Jul 27, 2008 9:51:57 GMT -5
Yeah I lost track how many times I have rebuilt my shocks trying different things, but in the end I now have a track that runs sweet around the track. ;D
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Post by Steve on Jul 27, 2008 14:57:35 GMT -5
Nice job, that looks like it should really work well. Have you had any head on collisions? I wanna know how it would hold up.
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Post by skulliwulli on Jul 27, 2008 22:19:41 GMT -5
i wanted the truck to run into corners alittle flatter and tighten up some of the body roll . i used a kyosho 8th scale rear swaybar with rc4wd alum ball ends drilled in the front bumper |
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Post by jackal20 on Jul 28, 2008 1:30:26 GMT -5
its a kyosho 8th scale rear buggy sway bar i'll look tommarrow for the part# it came with all the hardware.the rod end are RC4WD
14mm long & 5.6mm diameter (shaft area) & 9mm diameter (ball area)
Center hole to end of the ball end is 4mm and 10mm
Ball hole is 3.1mm
Fit 3mm threaded shaft
. you will have to straighten one side of the sway bar
to get rod end on then rebend it back. i had to put an another bend about a 1/2 from the end
and mounted to the lower shock mount
i ran it today with the swaybar it works great.the truck was flat into the corners. when the truck was sideways going into the corners it was easy to regain control. also i ran the narrowed tires
with no failures i think i going to change the throttle curve it alot of motor in hard pack dirt
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william
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Post by william on Jul 28, 2008 8:56:29 GMT -5
great, now I have to do something similar, thank you again
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Post by jackal20 on Jul 29, 2008 1:37:51 GMT -5
hey steve
i have not had a good wipe yet. i planted the front end pretty hard of a set of doubles
no issues
-mike
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Post by jackal20 on Aug 17, 2008 0:58:05 GMT -5
update i have running the sway for a few weeks now
it has taken a beatin.. with no issues
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Post by rocketrob40 on Aug 17, 2008 9:09:57 GMT -5
update i have running the sway for a few weeks now it has taken a beatin.. with no issues I am curious, because you have it mounted to the flexible front bumper, if you've taken it off yet and laid out the sway bar to see if it's still straight ?? |
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Post by jackal20 on Aug 18, 2008 7:27:11 GMT -5
hey rob,
i pulled the truck apart to clean it the sway bar is still flat.
twisting the front suspension the bumper does not flex or the mounts. you can twist and flex the sway bar with out it losing its shape
-mike
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Post by rocketrob40 on Aug 18, 2008 8:50:10 GMT -5
hey rob, i pulled the truck apart to clean it the sway bar is still flat. twisting the front suspension the bumper does not flex or the mounts. you can twist and flex the sway bar with out it losing its shape -mike hiya mike: that cool to know. I was just curious about your mounting location. front-mounted (or foward facing) swaybars have a history of being problematic on some rigs, and I was just hoping that wasn't the case with yours. oftentimes just the right hit and a swaybar will bend or get tweaked, especially if their mounts aren't into aluminum, and it's why most offroad electric racers seldom use them - happy that yours has worked out so well. -rob |
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