ChuckTee

Cool man, thanks for the info.

Jdadkins91

So tonight i took the springs off in order to take the orings off of the shocks ( read that these were mainly for high bite conditions and most of the tracks around here are either hard packed with a layer of dust or loose dirt). When i removed the spring on the left rear shock the shock was still rebounding out all the way to full extension. I know this isnt correct and rebuilt it to match the right rear, but still wasnt able to get 0% rebound. Without the spring it still pushes back out between a quarter and a half an inch. My question is is this ok? And what ill handling effects would be caused by the rebound being as far off as it was? I actually won a race setup this way last weekend lol. Sorry for the long post and all the newb problems.

rvinvents

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if your using the mugen droop screws I found it helpful to slightly file the chassis at a slight angle where the the button head part of the screw makes contact then you can get more droop.

rvinvents

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I ran the FTW body and the nissan titan body back to back tonight, several packs with both and what I found is you were right CHUCKTEE the FTW does glide around the track nicely very nimble feeling and better steering too. but the nissan titan body is MUCH more planted feeling especially in the high speed straight away the FTW seemed very light and squirly while the down force of the titan kept ti very stable and predictable, also the rear traction is hands down far better with the titan that little built in wing really does its job, in my opinion the slight steering gain is not worth the loss of traction, I was much faster with the titan and able to be much more aggressive with the throttle = more fun. *all settings were the same for both bodies, only the ride height was adjusted.

Squirrely

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As mentioned earlier you need to file down the tabs on the chassis. The droop screws flipped can only be done on the eb48 and BCE chassis because the chassis tabs are tapered. You can grind or file down the tabs on the stock chassis though. I did it and love the ability to run the screws flipped. I think I tapered them down to an 1/8th inch

I can't upload pictures from my phone but if you go to this link it links to my thread on RCshortcourse and has some information on the tabs on pages 2 & 3

There are some pictures on there where you can see the difference in the BCE tabs compared to the stock chassis tabs

http://www.rcshortcourse.com/forum/t...no-sct410.html

Resqnu

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Were you using any cutouts on the bodies? I'm fixing to buy on of these 2 bodies?

boudin4evr

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wow! taking names without a hinge pin holder! awesome!

boudin4evr

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the AVID pins make it really easy to measure droop!

rvinvents

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just the one on the FTW

hard to see the body is getting worn but the nissan has the lower cutouts which are essential for the down force, the upper cutouts by the cab i might try without next time or make them smaller as it weakened the body.
I would say if you have plenty of traction go with the FTW but if you want more rear traction and stability then go nissan

Mizchief

I accidentally ran the 6500 smc instead of my 7200 in a PNB 10 min qualifier with one warm up lap. It did start to fall off around the last couple of laps, but was able to finish without noticing too much difference.

Current limit was around 60% and the track was pretty hazardous so I was running slow and steady.

fq06

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I'm on my second Titan body and only cut out the spoiler part. I left the top of the bed uncut. Front was not cut on both.
Mine cracked in the center spine piece on the first body that I cut the upper holes out too.
It handles just as well so I'm leaving that part as is and just running the down force cutouts.

skengines

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Anyone have a good setup for an rutted outdoor track?

Resqnu

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Thanks

Resqnu

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Thanks guys for the quick info. I suppose either would work for me and my tracks. Has either seemed to be more durable? If you had to pick one, which would you pick.

Hoese37

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Box setup is very good.