Originally Posted by
SRW141
I'm setting my Mi3 up to run foam tire carpet. Put the lowered front and rear shock towers. My shocks are set at 60.50mm. Shock is to where the shaft starts to push out on the ball cup. My tires are 56.80mm. The front ride height lowest is 6.5 with the collars turn the whole way up. Rear is 4mm with collars all the way up. Is anyone else having problems getting 4.5mm ride height with lowered shock towers?
you need some drop down spring perches from associated (the standard ones for their tc's). after that, the schumacher springs should be a decent fit, but if you're still having problems, or are running longer springs, hack a millimeter off of the ball cup. i have seen plenty of room with xray springs (26mm) and 58mm tires after removing that 1mm from the ball cup.
the towers were designed to be able to slam the body, so they had to be low. in addition to neglecting track width, most foam races (even some national races) won't tech body height. infact, i have taken a file across the top of the tower and flattened off the ears, where all that extra material is. i'm not sure why they decided to make the rears 1-2mm higher. maybe just so you don't have to do those mods to both ends...
anyway, makes the car look two tenths faster, if nothing else.
