Team Losi JRXS Type-R
#8596
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#8598
Tech Elite
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By the way, if you try to take the pads out, they're likely to break... they're very brittle. Ask me how I found out...
#8602
Thanks for the feedback!
#8605
Tech Champion
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Here's Matt Howard's setup from the Nats this past year where he finished top 5 in 13.5 rubber:
front
20lb spring, 57 pistons, 45 wt oil, middle hole on tower
.05 sway bar
high roll center blocks
regular castor link, used inside upper hole on shock tower and short ballend on castor block
arms spaced in the middle
4 deg castor
inside hole used on the steering link (makes the steering turnbuckles longer)
5 1/2 mm ride height, 1.5mm droop
diff high in front and back
regular link in front, AKA not the JR link
nothing above the shock bladders
rear
12.5lb spring, 55 piston, 35 wt oil, middle hole on tower
arms spaced to the rear
3 deg toe in
low roll center blocks
inside hole on hub for camber link, inside middle on tower
5 1/2mm ride height, 2mm droop
PF Mazda 6 used
front
20lb spring, 57 pistons, 45 wt oil, middle hole on tower
.05 sway bar
high roll center blocks
regular castor link, used inside upper hole on shock tower and short ballend on castor block
arms spaced in the middle
4 deg castor
inside hole used on the steering link (makes the steering turnbuckles longer)
5 1/2 mm ride height, 1.5mm droop
diff high in front and back
regular link in front, AKA not the JR link
nothing above the shock bladders
rear
12.5lb spring, 55 piston, 35 wt oil, middle hole on tower
arms spaced to the rear
3 deg toe in
low roll center blocks
inside hole on hub for camber link, inside middle on tower
5 1/2mm ride height, 2mm droop
PF Mazda 6 used
Last edited by RCGaryK; 12-12-2008 at 07:12 AM.
#8609
Tech Elite
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Here's Matt Howard's setup from the Nats this past year where he finished top 5 in 13.5 rubber:
front
20lb spring, 57 pistons, 45 wt oil, middle hole on tower
.05 sway bar
high roll center blocks
regular castor link, used inside upper hole on shock tower and short ballend on castor block
arms spaced in the middle
4 deg castor
inside hole used on the steering link (makes the steering turnbuckles longer)
5 1/2 mm ride height, 1.5mm droop
diff high in front and back
regular link in front, AKA not the JR link
nothing above the shock bladders
rear
12.5lb spring, 55 piston, 35 wt oil, middle hole on tower
arms spaced to the rear
3 deg toe in
low roll center blocks
inside hole on hub for camber link, inside middle on tower
5 1/2mm ride height, 2mm droop
PF Mazda 6 used
front
20lb spring, 57 pistons, 45 wt oil, middle hole on tower
.05 sway bar
high roll center blocks
regular castor link, used inside upper hole on shock tower and short ballend on castor block
arms spaced in the middle
4 deg castor
inside hole used on the steering link (makes the steering turnbuckles longer)
5 1/2 mm ride height, 1.5mm droop
diff high in front and back
regular link in front, AKA not the JR link
nothing above the shock bladders
rear
12.5lb spring, 55 piston, 35 wt oil, middle hole on tower
arms spaced to the rear
3 deg toe in
low roll center blocks
inside hole on hub for camber link, inside middle on tower
5 1/2mm ride height, 2mm droop
PF Mazda 6 used
50 wt 56 pistons front shocks
17.5 rear spring, 56 piston 40 wt. Half rebound
Rear camber link outside hole on hub inside middle on shocktower. With 2.5mm spacer under ballstud on hub. Low rear diff.