I'd say don't worry about devaluing and selling it off quickly, and just work on the setup. AE cars outnumber other cars at some tracks 10:1. You can/will get this car to work, just gotta dial in your setup. It's one thing to give up early on a car that just came out or nobody races, it's something entirely different to give up on a car that everybody races, and has for a decade.

even cav ran a c4.2 when he ran on carpet. Mid motor is just better. He also went gear diff as well.

Hi,

Take a look at this set-up. Would have been one of the last time the AE team in the UK ran a b4.x on carpet.

http://www.petitrc.com/setup/associa...ce20110116.pdf

A mid motor car will (should) be quicker. But you should be able to get an acceptable set-up on a B4.2

What I would suggest is to add weight to settle the car down.
Heavy front bulkhead, 30g stops the nose of the car lifting.
Slightly stiffer spring on the front, closer to 4lbs.

Worth trying a weight plate under the servo as well.

Rear
On the rear run as smaller a spur as you can, get the weight of the motor in as much as you can.
Move the shock to the middle hole, outside hole on tower. Car will generate enough side bite, no need for the shock to be on inner hole.

You can add weight to the rear as well.

For the tyres, are you trimming them? Trim rows off, front and rear to settle the car down an to stop it grip rolling.

You can also glue the side walls to settle the car down.

MiCk B. :-)

Looks real good .

Why R you running in the middle on the rear tower ?

Who has run inline electronics and what's your opinion?

The wires? They just seemed to fit real good there. I bent them down and soldered on an angle. The Battery wires are soldered streight down and go under the esc shelf.

I just changed to inline last night have not tried it yet. Will report back after wed. race night.

mean the rear shocks

You know not really sure how I got their. Where are you guys running them?

Chev

just thinking if your going lighter more traction will be needed and you will switch to the inside on the tower.

I have ran mine like this since I bought the car. I ran my esc in the battery tray till yesterday when I talked to Ryan Cavalieri at the Portland race about issues getting the rear of my car to transition in corners with my front more balanced. He suggested raising it up on a mount across the bottom of the shock tower saying it would be magical in the difference it made. After raising it the car has ran faster and more consistent than I have ever been able to drive it with the esc in the battery tray. I noticed the rear of the car now follows the front way better around corners with a lot more speed.

can some people give me ideas on what i can do to get the rear of my buggy to stop dumping over the rear end on power and in a 90* and a slight sweeper as far as set up
fr :1.6, 30 wt ,grn spring 1a w/1mm b/s spacer in on tower out on arm
rr: 1.6 27.5 oil w/wht springs in on tower and arm, hubs all the way back A hub un shaved brace no b/s spacers . speedo in the rear of the batt tray rec on the right and 12g on the left 24 mm ride height , running mod. thnx for the help

I'll keep that in mind thanks. All of my setup is experimental. Probably why my car has been running like crap lately lol. I can get it to work but I am constantly making changes. Haven't really found the consistent setup. I chassis tune way more then I should.

thanks for the tip

I ran inline (on a shelf) for a bit myself. But recently switched my ESC over to the right hand side (where the antenna tube mounts).

Running inline was nice/clean, but now that I switched my ESC over, I really like the balance and rotation/corner speed I get.

I'm running 35/32.5 with 3x1.4 tapered pistons.