Originally Posted by Wildcat1971 (Post 12506417)

I do. they never bend like that. I break them way before that point, lol.

Originally Posted by F18engineguy (Post 12505659)

Originally Posted by F18engineguy (Post 12505714)

The Track, Bumps and Jumps, Pit Stop and any of the bigger races anywhere I can get people to go.

Originally Posted by rdeppen (Post 12505885)

NICE.......

But your missing one key part from Avid. Dude all that jack in your cars and you run aluminum on aluminum in the shock mounts?? Really??

Pony up the $24 and outfit both cars with the bushing mounts at least. LOL

Originally Posted by trixter91 (Post 12507343)

Why are the plastic shock bushings better than the blue aluminum ones.

Originally Posted by Jmuck69 (Post 12507358)

Metal to metal contact under a high load such as shock caps is not good. Using something like the Avid shock bushings now replaces the metal to metal with metal to plastic. Avid uses delrin bushings which are a tighter tolerance and replaceable if they wear out.

Originally Posted by trixter91 (Post 12507378)

Tighter play meaning less slop, how do they compare to the ae ones the plastic ones I mean.

Originally Posted by lodhammerdin (Post 12506987)

Haha, your not the only one not on the AVID bandwagon. They do out some nice products out, dont get me wrong, but people seem to think that AE put out a pile of crap, yet they bought it. Its funny to see how many people magically have problems that that brand new AVID part fixes. On a real note though, your cars have never seen dirt yet have they...? Haha, your stuff is clean and your balls are the best!

Originally Posted by 07Forester (Post 11659781)

Essential Mods:

Grub Screw for Rear Hubs:

This should eliminate all slop associated with the rear hubs becoming "loose"

Tools Needed:
Dubro Tap set
4-40 grub screw

1. Drill a hole into the bottom of the rear hub all the way through until you reach about the middle of the hinge pin
2. Tap hole with 4-40
3. Insert 4-40 grub screw that will go down into the hinge pin.

http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/...ubscrewmod.jpg

Shaved U-Brace Mod

Thus Mod is used in conjunction with the C hub and will lower the inside ball stud by about 2mm. To remove the material or "shave" the brace you will need a dremel or an equivalent too for grinding/sanding/milling. Below is a picture describing where to remove the material. The red circled areas need to me shaved to the same level as the u-brace top (yellow arrow). The best way to shave the brace as explained by "Razathorn":




http://imageshack.us/a/img820/4254/asc9564.jpg


How to's:

Build a ball diff

How to build shocks

Originally Posted by Bob Barry (Post 12507497)

Russo's cars don't get dirty. It's in his contract with MConcepts. Dirt is strictly a no no. Once they get 32 grains of dust on them, he starts building the next one.

And did you really just say his balls are the best? Man you know him better than I thought :lol: