5LikesSC10 4x4 Thread
10-13-2011 | 06:58 AM
#8568
No war. this is how we figure these trucks out.
you said "lowering the shims gave me more initial bite but less mid and exit steering... raising them worked the opposite"
What confused me is earlier in the thread you stated you needed more exit steering. but here your saying lowering the shims takes the exit away..but yet you got faster.
I haven't noticed a big change when raising or lowering. the exit steering i gained was when i moved the ball stud from the outside to the inside location on the tower. The general rule is that less = more push on exit.
If you got faster with less shims. then I need to try it out
. I'm currently at 4mm front and rear. which was 2 or 3mm less than what Kinwald was running.
you said "lowering the shims gave me more initial bite but less mid and exit steering... raising them worked the opposite"
What confused me is earlier in the thread you stated you needed more exit steering. but here your saying lowering the shims takes the exit away..but yet you got faster.
I haven't noticed a big change when raising or lowering. the exit steering i gained was when i moved the ball stud from the outside to the inside location on the tower. The general rule is that less = more push on exit.
If you got faster with less shims. then I need to try it out
. I'm currently at 4mm front and rear. which was 2 or 3mm less than what Kinwald was running.it got quicker because of the sharpness on turn entry, although it still pushed on exit i can drive into the turns aggressively and i think you gain more time with turn entry than turn exit. dont get me wrong the truck is waaaaaaay better than before but why stop now? look at the leaps we have all taken in only a week! i have already dropped almost a second off of my time, thats progress!
10-13-2011 | 07:00 AM
#8569
I have a 3/32" hollow steel roll pin in mine, but a wheel hex pin would work fine. I wouldn't use anything real soft like a cotter key or a piece of coathanger.
10-13-2011 | 07:19 AM
#8570
I love the clicker unlocked. I can point an shoot at the apex of a tight turn and let the rear of the truck slide around ( very controlable )
You loose some on the braking ( because it only breakes on the rear )
you have to watch your jumps. it is a bit harder to get the nose down because of the front freewheeling off power and under breaking
Im not saying you will run your laps faster, but it is a very nice way of driving this truck. I really like it.
very smooth, non agressive way of driving
( note : i dont have to compete the losi's that much as you USA guys )
most trucks here are AE / durango . just 1 fast guy with a losi, I just let him go.
You loose some on the braking ( because it only breakes on the rear )
you have to watch your jumps. it is a bit harder to get the nose down because of the front freewheeling off power and under breaking
Im not saying you will run your laps faster, but it is a very nice way of driving this truck. I really like it.
very smooth, non agressive way of driving
( note : i dont have to compete the losi's that much as you USA guys )
most trucks here are AE / durango . just 1 fast guy with a losi, I just let him go.
10-13-2011 | 07:50 AM
#8572
Under acceleration, the chassis will be less prone to wheelie. It will also accelerate through bumps better, scratch that, it will just flat accelerate better. Almost for free - unless you already have an extra pin lying around, then it is free.
10-13-2011 | 07:56 AM
#8573
BTW, if I were you, the first change I'd make is to turn the timing up to 30 degrees and put a 12t pinion on it. Just sayin'.
10-13-2011 | 07:58 AM
#8574
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Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Groveland, FL
just curious.. anyone here running an underbody? what are you using?
http://www.teamassociated.com/parts/details/91168/
is that for this truck?
http://www.teamassociated.com/parts/details/91168/
is that for this truck?
10-13-2011 | 08:02 AM
#8575
10-13-2011 | 09:56 AM
#8578
So you can get a baseline for future development. You could do that in five or six runs. Write it down, so if you get totally lost you have a baseline setup you can fall back on that you know will work, but you also know isn't perfect and how it isn't perfect.
BTW, if I were you, the first change I'd make is to turn the timing up to 30 degrees and put a 12t pinion on it. Just sayin'.
BTW, if I were you, the first change I'd make is to turn the timing up to 30 degrees and put a 12t pinion on it. Just sayin'.
