Another good bang for the buck is get the aluminum steering posts if you're into going light weight. I'm looking at per gram price.

I noticed in your picture, your steering arm coming from the servo is not at the same angle as the steering rack like it says to do in the build instructions. I hope that does not effect your handling any............
Paul Rush
HWNA

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I have been running emulsion style shocks, and wanted to try the standard setup with the bladders. would using the shocks caps that have been drilled for emulsion setup be a problem or should i get another set of caps?

No you should be ok. The blatters should prevent any blow by.
However I just recently purchased the aluminum caps as a upgrade.... Only to find out that you (cannot) run them with emulsion style shocks...
They come with too many holes to use as emulsion. You will have to seal one or all the holes to do so.

yessir,I went back to step O-6,7,8 of the manual and saw what I did.there should have been 1mm gap on the steering link between the rod ends,mine measures at 3mm,So that would make the servo arm NOT parallel with the connecting arm at netural servo position.However,the way I currently have it trims straight at 0 steering trim down the street and I have full steering right to left..I even got my right to left turnned down to 85% an it still has full R/F steering...

Thanks for seeing that :),I will know what I need to do if the way I have it gives me a problem...

I think it was intended to just be a place to sore the washers so if you wanted to add more on the bottom there they are when you need them. they have no other use on top one on top is good to stop a link from popping off but that's about it as far as I can figure.

Thanks for the setup sheet Eric. ;)

I have run four races on four different tracks from small to big with big and small jumps with my Tekno. I have 0 issue with the way the stock truck jumps and no chassis slap. If you flat land the truck from high up a lot you may need move droop thicker oil and stiffer springs I would say the highest flat landing I have done is 4 feet I try to downside all my jumps when I can. As far as nose dive its just throttle control if you are new it may be hard for you to do I have been racing off road for a very long time and it is EZ for me to drive this truck fast and I have 0 complaints its tuff high quality and fast.

You really should get that link correct. It changes the steering rate of travel going in one direction versus the other. The side that it is "steering" to will have a linear rate until it goes past a certain travel point, then it will slow down. The other side will be slow at first, then as the horn goes past the center line of the servo, it will speed up. Could make for some wonky handling traits.
I hope I explained that clearly enough.?

Anyone tried the Panther Switch tires? Want to try something besides Wishbones and Barcodes

I have a new box sitting on my coffee table. ;) can't wait to start building.!

dont tell Wild Cherry

Lol

Looking at the smc packs which would be better? 6500 or the 7200mah? With a viper vtx10r and a reedy 550 4.5.
Longest main I ever run is 8 mins.

I noticed most people here use kyosho or Losi springs...
Is there any reason why not to use Tekno springs? They use them just beacaus ethey have those in partbox? I am asking because I don't have any extra springs so I will have to buy anyways and would like to stick with Tekno... But can't find any report on stiffer Tekno springs! I run on outdoor, loose, bumpy and with couple high jumps track...

I'm running Pink fronts and green rear springs.. both one step stiffer than stock. I don't mind the Tekno springs.. I have kyosho springs also but I haven't tried them yet. I like my setup right now with the CSI blue pistons and serpent comb bladders..