Wease

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I hated the kit set-up for the B6D, HATED IT. The rear was loose as hell for me on a medium/high bite clay. I'm a set-up guy too, I changed everything I could from springs, pistons, oil, roll center, battery position, hub spacing, anti squat, toe, yada, yada, yada, and the car was only marginally better for me. I even added a brass C block and a 4 gear transmission at one point, still a handfull to hang on to. I kept thinking I should have never sold my B5M CE, it was dialed. I even bought a 22 3.0 that was soo much better out of the box with kit settings. But, I didn't give up on the B6D. I bought the XFactory 4mm tall tower and 31mm shock bodies . . . WOW . . .just WOW . . . sooo much better in every way. The car made far better rear traction, jumped better, landed better and handled the bumps better.

Another change for me that I really really REALLY liked, and I stumbled on to it by dumb luck. My B6D had a mid corner push, it almost stalled in the center of the turn. I was trying to tune that out and decided I should try changing the axle height. Typically a higher axle height will take away some entry steering but give the car some mid corner steering. I didn't have the 2mm and 1mm optional caster hat bushings, so my only option was to switch the 3mm & 0mm bushings opposite, with the 3mm on the bottom which is a full 3mm of change. Another WOW, the car seemed to do everything better. It felt like it gained steering everywhere AND it really planted the rear of the car. The rear of the car wasn't stuck to the track either, but it allowed me to drive it hard in to the turn or mash the throttle out of the turn and the rear would break traction in a controllable way with both brake or throttle. I didn't even try a smaller change with the 2mm & 1mm caster hat bushings, I just left the axle a full 3mm higher than kit setting and I love it!

I'm in love with this car as much if not more than my B5M now.

Razathorn

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I've heard a lot of people say the long shocks a huge. I never tried the short ones. Built first time with my old b5 rear shock bodies

kiwiazbro

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Anyone had issues trying to get any of the supplied servo horns in the kit to fit on a Savox servo? None seem to fit.

tsair

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25t will fit, I ran it until it broke. A TINY bit of grease will help it on.

sport10

What I think is going on is that AE concentrated the most of the carpet car more than the dirt version so everyone that runs it is kind of having to work the setup out for themselves. I am sure the on b6.1 both buggies will have and even larger separation between carpet and dirt versions. The longer shocks do look like the way to go on the dirt version IMO while the carpet will like the original shocks.

kiwiazbro

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So you couldn't get the kit ones to fit?

LVNeptune

Isn't gullwing intended for carpet and flat for dirt/clay?

LVNeptune

The plastic horn is absolute garbage and strips out very easily. Just get an aluminum one.

Sean B.

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It will fit, it's just tight.

Thrifty

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So the tall rear shocks need the tall rear tower... or do you use the standard B6d rear tower?

Eli

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Yes that is what they were intended for but same with the laydown vs. standup so its more of a preference at this point. I have both to try out and im leaning towards just building it with the gull wing at this point since the surface I run on has some pretty good grip.

Wease

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You need the tall rear tower and the 31mm shock bodies which were standard on the B5M. You can use the rest of the shock components from the B6D kit, even the shock shafts.

Riverbluff

I had the exact same problem. It would not fit at all.

Razathorn

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Savox is futaba horn. Works great for years for me on all ae cars. Never stripped one out. Just use the screw to help pull it onto the splines.

tsair

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Just wait until you put in a laydown and mount the rear shocks on the front of the arms. Then you'll be like