It's suppose to rain tomorrow..

not me! LOL

Manitoba Robot Games tomorrow. In Tethered Mini Sumo my kid got 4th 2 years ago, 3rd last year, and this year, the 2 kids that beat him last year are in the next age catagory!

ME! Some more center diff and weight placement idea's to test.

I was just wondering if anyone has tried using complete front shocks in the rear instead of the limiters under the spring cups. I have tried the limiters but was thinking this might work better. When I tried the front springs I used the 2 mm spacer along with the rubber spacer which I think was also about 2mm.
Since front bodies are 26mm and rears are 30 mm, thought it might be worth a try.

spurs came in today!

can someone link me to the pics of the "Center diff" I keep reading. Cant seem to find them...

http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...-services.html

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Here is a pic of Mantis center diff mod on my sc10 on the inside are the washers and diff balls.........

I'll be running practice laps with mine. Wish I had more packs. Just gonna drive it not really work on changes.

Jim, you may not get enough droop with the shorter shocks. Just my two cents. If you do try it, let us know how it works out! I just think that you may have to lower the top mount a bit to still have enough downtravel.

Sal

Great!

I have a couple of things I came up with I will share with you if it makes it through a day at the track.

what do i look for in frist run and look over for.

I just mounted the CF risers on for the rear camber link. Also added about 5mm of ballstud washers on the inner mount. Should kill some of that LEANING feeling....lol. Working/thinking of some more "out back" driveline ideas. Thank god for people here that you can bounce ideas off of! Its amazing that when you think of something and then think "nah, thats just too crazy" then you bounce it off of someone with more tech knowledge it suddenly doesnt seem too far fetched....lol.

Marcus, keep up the good work!
Cameron...keep up the good work!
Craig, thanks for the ideas!
Coyote....Braces are doing GREAT, cant wait for the diffs!
Everyone else that I KNOW im forgetting....keep the ideas flowing....and thanks to you too!

Sal

The shock length is correct, the (unloaded) height of the spring is too short and will fall out of the bucket at full droop. There is nothing wrong with the spring, it really wasn't designed to be on a shock as long as we are using it.

What would fix it is an eyelet with an extra 2mm of plastic on the shock shaft side. Or you can just clip on a 2mm travel limiter, placed between the eyelet and the spring bucket.

Anyone have problems with the belt tunnel bending? Seems like mine is bowing out to the right (over the battery). I have a completely new assembly but I'm not sure why it's bowing out like that. What would cause it?