Except that you have to clearance the snot out of the bellcranks to get the ballstuds to not hit, so much it looks like they are going to break. It is cheap, and it does work, but be aware of why AE updated the steering.

The RCShox Ack bar is nice because it does give you two holes back and one hole forward over the stock bar location. Flipping the bar is a free test to get a feel of what it does but I think it is a little to far back.

Keeping up with connecting wire for saddle packs
 

Anyone have a good trick for keeping up with the male->male bullet connector that joins the saddle packs? I was thinking of a zip tire or string or something to keep it attached to the truck like a wallet on a chain, but don't want it to get in the way or look ghetto.

Is there more grinding with the flip mod than the rcshox version?

Make it shorter.

I am good at getting my terminology all mixed up:lol: Thanks for not flaming me, i know we went through this before, but I still get confused(guess Im dumb.lol)
i was reading the hudy setup and got confused by this part
Rear roll center Effect
Lower • More on-throttle grip.
• More weight transfer at rear of car.
• Less grip under braking.
• Use to avoid traction rolling at corner entry(increases rear grip).
• Use under low traction conditions.
• Increases traction, reduces rear tire wear.
Higher • Less on-throttle steering.
• Less weight transfer at front of car.
• Car is more responsive.
• Use in high grip conditions to avoid traction rolling.• Use on tracks with quick direction changes (chicanes).

In both instances it says raise and lower the RC to avoid traction rolling:confused::eek::lol:

did they make room for the 550 motors in the new ft kit ?

Heres my take

The lower cg helps with traction roll into the corner. It does this by having more weight low via dropping the chassis. When you enter the corner that weight is below the "center of the truck" and it takes a lot of initial force to raise the weight above that center line so you dont traction roll into the corner. However, once that weight is transfered above the center line, and you still have an outward turning force it will keep going and traction roll.
So low cg= better initial but bad middle out.

A higher cgis harder to explain. I think of it as a moment, theres those engineering classes paying off and who thought statics was a bs class. When you lower the cg you raise the upper arm up, doing so you add more distance and the moment force is greater. This is like a pry bar with a long handle, small force to move a heavy object.
Now with a high cg, or lowering that upper arm, you cut that long handle off and you have to use more force to move that same object. You only have so much force that the trucks weight and the traction of tires will allow. Since you have cut off that "handle" the truck doesnt have enough force to traction roll. With high grip and carpet tracks the tires play much more into the force via grip, that is why you traction roll more on those style of tracks. So, with the higher cg you will have less grip, but by making that moment force weaker you wont roll. I have noticed alot of people suggesting to make the upper arm level with the lower arm. Doing that is a happy medium between the high and low cg's. It also helps with angular force that the truck crates since your upper pivot points are not centered in the truck. Thats another novel I wont get into right now.

Sway bars also help by taking some of that force from the outside and transferring it to the inside. The bigger the bar the more of that moment force is transfered into side force, but then you lose grip when the tires break loose.

No sweat. A big part of the problem, IMO, is vocabulary (or more appropriately, labels).

So, when I read what you posted, I can see why you were confused - I think it's written poorly. I took the liberty to edit it down a little:


I removed the following because it confuses things.

When I was an undergraduate business student, I had a heck of a time passing the first semester double entry accounting class. That whole debits/credits thing didn't make sense, and I couldn't keep any of the accounts straight.

Somewhere I figured out that 1) whatever you did to one side you needed to make an offsetting transaction to the other ALWAYS, and 2) increasing cash was ALWAYS a debit and 3) if you can remember how the entries interact with cash you can ALWAYS figure it out and never get your debits/credits confused.

Literally, this above paragraph is the key to the universe if you want to be successful as an accountant. I defy you to find that explanation in a textbook, likely because it puts a lot of people out of work real quick.

Anyway, if you think about weight transfer, and how increasing weight transfer translates into increased grip, right up to the point where you start traction rolling because you have too much grip, I think it's much easier to keep it straight.

So your adding washers to.the front right?

Are the Jconcept Hazard wheels ROAR approved? Or will they make the truck to wide?

Depends. Which one of these best describes your situation, and what are you trying to acomplish?

http://www.autocrossitalia.it/ROLLCTR.GIF

Keep in mind, any time you make a change in the suspension geometry, it is a system, and a positive change in one area may have negative effects in another area. Try to visualize the camber curve of the bottom most image.

They make the truck the max ROAR legal width allowed.

Just make It as short as possible and you'll be fine. Doesn't need to be tied down to anything.

Round 1 RCpro event starts tomorrow! lots of heavy duty competition 216 entries at least 40 in SC! I made some major changes last week and i hope they carry over to this track but i think i am onto something with this truck or at least optimizing the center dif. Rear rotation helps ALOT. I have a new paint sponser now which is cool, im tired of painting bodies:lol: This week i completely tore the truck down, replaced all of the bearings with AVID stuff, new shocks,nitride hinge pins, new spec pistons and some prototype V2 centerdif parts.Amazing how much smoother the truck feels, I am ready for battle!
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