Bubblehead

What is the best way to set ride height?, front arms level and rear bones level or 30mm/28mm. My front arms/rear bones level doesn't equal 30mm/28mm or did I build something wrong?

Ride height is the distance from the ground to the bottom of the chassis.
The standard front ride height setting is with the front arms level
(reffered to as “arms level”) or 30mm (Ride Height Gauge #1449).
Check the ride height by lifting up the entire car about 8-12 inches off the
bench and drop it. After the suspension “settles” into place, measure
ride height (Ride Height Gauge #1449). Raise or lower the shock collars
as necessary so that the left & right arms appear to be level.

The rear ride height setting you should use most often is with the
outdrive, driveshaft, and axles all on the same imaginary horizontal line
(reffered to as “bones level”) or 28mm (Ride Height Gauge#1449).
Check the ride height by lifting up the entire car about 8-12 inches off the
bench and drop it. After the suspension “settles” into place, measure
ride height (Ride Height Gauge #1449). Raise or lower the shock collars
as necessary so that the left & right driveshafts appear to be level.

bo duke

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After months of trying to find the sweet spot on my set up I've went from the stock 3+1 to a 3+2 and 45 shock oil up front and 40 in the rear but I think 37.5 would be ok. I've used the 0 offset shock bottoms and ride height of 26 rear and 27.5 front. Grey spring in the front and white rear. I was able to eliminate the use of a brick pack and run a shorty for major weight loss On our high grip clay track with slicks it was great.

p.hat

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anyone got a good setup for a dusty outdoor track

QDRHRSE

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Try the book set up and go 2.5 to 5 lighter on the shock oil, run a brass c mount and if it's really loose, a green (truck) rear spring.

epounds

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I just built an SC5M and have the same ride height issue. It seems odd that it would be off by 6-8mm after following the manual to a tee. My concern is that raising the collars almost all the way up would have some other affect that I do not want.

I asked Associated last night. I'm curious to hear what they say. Did anyone here get a definitive answer why the ride height is so far off? When I built a B5M lite, it did not have this issue.

afm223

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Are most running the grey front springs for med-high bite clay?

darkside91

Which shock Pistons? Stock 2x1.5F and 2x1.6R?

darkside91

Gray seems pretty popular

Bartman42

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Be sure you have the battery in and body on when checking ride height. The stock body weighs over 8oz.

hsp-sandiego

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just got a used sc5m with 3 gear and have a few questions. b5m driver here who is ready to mix is up a bit.

truck came with electrons and primes/slicks mounted and pretty fresh - no breather holes punched in tires, wheels only. is that normal with short course wheels?

anybody running the 2-pad slipper? will be running a 8.5 @ 21t/84t.

went through truck last night, setting up based on cav's srs setup - shocks are 1.5 flat pistons/ 1.6 flat rear with 37.5w front / 30w rear using the 5mm cups on all corners with x-rings. all good here i believe, but ride height at 25mm / 23mm ? seems low with 30mm/28mm being pretty standard.

link to Cav's setup sheet - maybe it is not accurate?

here

thanks. looking forward to running some SC.

bds81175

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If you are saucing (which I'm assuming you are) you will want to only vent the rim to keep the sauce out of the interior and away from the foam. When I run outside I vent the tire. I've been running the VTS all along on mine and it has worked great. Can't speak on the 2 pad. Different tracks and different drivers might push the ride height down that low. I was tinkering with mine the other day and it definitely mellowed the truck out by dropping the ride height. And it handles the sweeper much better. If you are running on a smooth, high grip track that doesn't have any nasty jump landings or rough sections, lower ride height can be nice.

tmail55

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Ride height can depend on track surface and type of jumps.

The tracks that most pro setups are for are NOT 1/8 scale jumps, most have some kind of sealed/treated surface (calcium, sugar, dirtglue).

Race sealed indoor very high traction with the same Cav's setup with a couple changes to fit me. Also race a medium surface, water treated and use 30/28 RH.

Also race on road with the SC5M (24/22), a track has a SC class.

tmail55

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bds81175

Took the brick out after two races, raced with a shorty was BETTER!!!!

Tried inline shorty, full rear <<<< LIKE that!!!!!!!

Inline shorty for me is the best of the three!

bds81175

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Interesting....I ended up swapping to the shorty last time out too. One of the posts in my brick has been breaking free and it finally gave up the ghost. I liked the shorty quite a bit better too. I'll have to try the inline next.

hsp-sandiego

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cool - yes, saucing. understand ride height changes, although using it's a millimeter or two. will try different ride heights keeping the +2mm front consistent.