Xray T1
#8296
Team EAM
iTrader: (79)
Originally posted by GoldFinger
Boy... 3 times? you should ask here first before you rebuild it.
Watch closely, lower mounting point (where the set screwed in)of shock assy.
In the back is wider than in front, with same damping there is no way you could get equal "stiffness"
There is only 1 car using exactly the same geometry front to rear, that is TC3.
Boy... 3 times? you should ask here first before you rebuild it.
Watch closely, lower mounting point (where the set screwed in)of shock assy.
In the back is wider than in front, with same damping there is no way you could get equal "stiffness"
There is only 1 car using exactly the same geometry front to rear, that is TC3.
EA
#8297
Re: question on Fk
Originally posted by JDXray
Hey guys think you maybe able to help me out, i just got my Fk in the mail today and put it together. While i was doing i noticed after getting the whole rear and front parts in the Top deck was kinda hard to get on. Has anyone had this problem? I really had to push on the end of the top deck for it to finally get on.
And any suggestion on Stock racing setups.
Thanks
Jon
Hey guys think you maybe able to help me out, i just got my Fk in the mail today and put it together. While i was doing i noticed after getting the whole rear and front parts in the Top deck was kinda hard to get on. Has anyone had this problem? I really had to push on the end of the top deck for it to finally get on.
And any suggestion on Stock racing setups.
Thanks
Jon
#8298
Originally posted by EAMotorsports
Goldfinger, It makes no difference where you mount the shocks, arms or tierods. Its still stiffer in the rear. With a 22lb spring on the front w/swaybar and a 14 on the rear you should be stiffer in the front...Not on my car!! Checked everythign I know of...Thats why I am asking here now.
EA
Goldfinger, It makes no difference where you mount the shocks, arms or tierods. Its still stiffer in the rear. With a 22lb spring on the front w/swaybar and a 14 on the rear you should be stiffer in the front...Not on my car!! Checked everythign I know of...Thats why I am asking here now.
EA
1) Take of the shocks - test to see if you can compress the shocks fully in. Is the movement smooth and light? How many holes are they set to.
2) Check the shock lengths are equal and long enough,
3) Without the shocks, wheels and sway bars on, lift up the suspension and and let them drop. Do the arms drop without you needing to press them down?
If the rear is stiffer than the front, then there must be something binding at the rear. Try swaping the front and rear shocks round - if it is still stiff at the rear, then you have eliminated any influence from the shocks.
Hope this helps, Mark.
#8299
question?
what the actual weight on your fk?
what the actual weight on your fk?
#8300
Originally posted by rice
question?
what the actual weight on your fk?
question?
what the actual weight on your fk?
#8301
Tech Champion
iTrader: (5)
EA-the guy up here might have solved the same problem by moving to a longer wheelbase. Maybe the shocks are at such an extreme angle fore and aft? I would try lengthening the wheelbase and see if it goes away.
Ray
Ray
Originally posted by EAMotorsports
Goldfinger, It makes no difference where you mount the shocks, arms or tierods. Its still stiffer in the rear. With a 22lb spring on the front w/swaybar and a 14 on the rear you should be stiffer in the front...Not on my car!! Checked everythign I know of...Thats why I am asking here now.
EA
Goldfinger, It makes no difference where you mount the shocks, arms or tierods. Its still stiffer in the rear. With a 22lb spring on the front w/swaybar and a 14 on the rear you should be stiffer in the front...Not on my car!! Checked everythign I know of...Thats why I am asking here now.
EA
#8302
Tech Adept
Originally posted by Windsorguy99
Are you sure that's the website?? what's with the caption on the bottom of the image about a game???
Are you sure that's the website?? what's with the caption on the bottom of the image about a game???
#8303
Team EAM
iTrader: (79)
Originally posted by markp27
Here's what I would do:
1) Take of the shocks - test to see if you can compress the shocks fully in. Is the movement smooth and light? How many holes are they set to.
2) Check the shock lengths are equal and long enough,
3) Without the shocks, wheels and sway bars on, lift up the suspension and and let them drop. Do the arms drop without you needing to press them down?
If the rear is stiffer than the front, then there must be something binding at the rear. Try swaping the front and rear shocks round - if it is still stiff at the rear, then you have eliminated any influence from the shocks.
Hope this helps, Mark.
Here's what I would do:
1) Take of the shocks - test to see if you can compress the shocks fully in. Is the movement smooth and light? How many holes are they set to.
2) Check the shock lengths are equal and long enough,
3) Without the shocks, wheels and sway bars on, lift up the suspension and and let them drop. Do the arms drop without you needing to press them down?
If the rear is stiffer than the front, then there must be something binding at the rear. Try swaping the front and rear shocks round - if it is still stiff at the rear, then you have eliminated any influence from the shocks.
Hope this helps, Mark.
Any more?
EA
#8305
Tech Adept
We have 300 of them on the first order and that order should be any day so your local hobby shop should get ready..The car is great so say by to Kyosho
#8307
Tech Elite
iTrader: (2)
Hey guys - I have a steering servo question.
Right now I have a Futaba S9450 dig servo in my xray. I also have a S9550 servo (currently in my Serpent) and was thinking about switching to that. Has anyone used the S9550 in their xray? I think it should perform just as good as the S9450. It has less torque, but still plenty for electric touring and is just as quick.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
JF
Right now I have a Futaba S9450 dig servo in my xray. I also have a S9550 servo (currently in my Serpent) and was thinking about switching to that. Has anyone used the S9550 in their xray? I think it should perform just as good as the S9450. It has less torque, but still plenty for electric touring and is just as quick.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
JF
#8308
Tech Master
iTrader: (22)
Re: rear being stiffer than the front....
I don't have an FK, but noticed that the rear on my pivot ball-equipped Evo 2 is also much stiffer than the front (same oil front and rear, one-hole difference in pistons). There's no binding anywhere in the suspension, and moving the shocks makes no difference. The car does seem to need a little more on-power steering, so I'm wondering if this characteristic was engineered into the car...
#8309
Originally posted by EAMotorsports
Done all that Mark....to the tee so to speak.
Any more?
EA
Done all that Mark....to the tee so to speak.
Any more?
EA
#8310
Team EAM
iTrader: (79)
Originally posted by markp27
With the shocks attached, do the suspension arms drop down onto the down stops under their own weight?
With the shocks attached, do the suspension arms drop down onto the down stops under their own weight?
Thanks for your suggestions
EA