Team Corally RDX Touring Car
#4818
Tech Adept
Originally Posted by morris
hello,
i got a corally off of a guy and i have benn raced it 3 times on an indoor carpet track.whats a good droop reading for the front/back?i also heard to go one mm over droop for ride height.is this right?any info would be good.
thanks,
matt morris
i got a corally off of a guy and i have benn raced it 3 times on an indoor carpet track.whats a good droop reading for the front/back?i also heard to go one mm over droop for ride height.is this right?any info would be good.
thanks,
matt morris
I measured my RDX droops this way:
Take tyres off the car and place it example in your table. Then measure droop totally end of the wishbones front and rear.
That is exact way to do it wright
#4819
Droop
There are many ways to "properly" set the droop, its just a matter of how you want to measure it. The way I like to do it requires the exact same size tires all the way around. So if you are running rubber, piece of cake. But if you are on foam it can be a little tricky, the tires must be the same size. First, I back out the droop screws so they won't restrict when you set ride height. I like to back the shock collars all the way out, and make a line with a sharpie on both the shock body and the collar, so I can set the ride height and make sure the pre-load on each spring is the same. For example, on foam, I will usually run at about 4mm. To set the droop I meaure how much physical up-travel the chassis has before the tires come off the ground. So If I am going to run 1.5 mm droop in the back, I will set the ride height gague under the back of the chassis at 5.5 mil, then adjust the droop screws until each tire barely touches the setup board. The same rule applys for setting it in the front too. This is a good way to see if your chassis is tweeked too. If everything is set dead center (droop, tire size, ride height, spring pre-load) take the tires off and check the droop with a gague. If it reads differently side to side, you know something is tweeked.
Hopefully that wasn't too complicated, it was a little long winded.
Brett
Hopefully that wasn't too complicated, it was a little long winded.
Brett
#4821
Keep in mind that as foam tires go down, there is less sidewall flex, so less side-bite. I typically increase droop (per physical up-travel, not the # on the gauge) to make up for that.
Brett
Brett
#4823
Tech Elite
iTrader: (74)
droop
Same to you Jeff!!!! and everyone else..... Jeff on my 415 I run 4 to 5mm droop I just got a rdx and I see for stock rubber I need to run between 2.5 to 3.5 droop FT & rear ...when I set it this way I see theres not much up travle before droop allmoste rides on the screws is thst ok useing tamiya shocks I guess its ok I'm just not use to such less droop for rubber
#4824
Tech Champion
iTrader: (44)
rdx
droop,
yea i preload the shock collars.then usyally take tires off.i have been using one of those black associated droop tool.i am running i am running like i think 4 in the front and 3 in the back.then i was setting my ride height at 5mm all the way around.yeai make sure that my foams are the same size.so in reality if i back droop screws all the way out.set ride height and then bring down the srews intill the tires the hit the board?thats the way will have to try it out.
thx,
matt
yea i preload the shock collars.then usyally take tires off.i have been using one of those black associated droop tool.i am running i am running like i think 4 in the front and 3 in the back.then i was setting my ride height at 5mm all the way around.yeai make sure that my foams are the same size.so in reality if i back droop screws all the way out.set ride height and then bring down the srews intill the tires the hit the board?thats the way will have to try it out.
thx,
matt
#4825
Tech Champion
iTrader: (44)
droop again,
yea this is going to be fun to learn
so if i am using say starting out at a 57mm foam tire.i have my shock collars pre-loaded the same amount of turns out.whats is my next thing to do.do i back droop screws all the way out,then set the ride height,then bring the droop screws back down to the tires just hit the board.and as jeff was saying.i got the car with like 12 sets of foams all trued down to 57.as i loose tire from where i increase droop?
thx for the info guys.
you can also e-mail me at
[email protected]
yea this is going to be fun to learn
so if i am using say starting out at a 57mm foam tire.i have my shock collars pre-loaded the same amount of turns out.whats is my next thing to do.do i back droop screws all the way out,then set the ride height,then bring the droop screws back down to the tires just hit the board.and as jeff was saying.i got the car with like 12 sets of foams all trued down to 57.as i loose tire from where i increase droop?
thx for the info guys.
you can also e-mail me at
[email protected]
#4828
Tech Elite
iTrader: (9)
Originally Posted by Monte Hess
It's kinda funny watching your kids open there christmas presants when every other presant my wife had to use a Corally box, thats when I tould here thats the only reason I buy so much is for the boxes.
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