dfiantii

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Decided to go with the 3racing Advance. Still a work in progress

moparSRT

Minnreg today, a lot of fast guys here, going to be a fun day

triguy1975

Jealous of that spot.

(0000000000)

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Mopar, what's your current black carpet setup for touring?

I'm interested in possibly trying this car again.

Bri

Mopar,

How did you do in the race?

Best regards,
Brian

moparSRT

35wt ae oil, 3 hole pistons, drilled caps, stock springs(6.5kg), 5k ae diff silicone, belt tension one step less then manual
ride height 5mm front, 5.5mm rear
droop 1.5mm over ride height front and 3mm over ride height rear
1.5 toe out front, 3 toe in rear, 2 camber front, 1.5 camber rear, 1.3 swaybar front, 1.2 swaybar rear
everything else is base manual set up
5mm wheel hex, jaco blues, m410 body

very consistent and easy to drive

moparSRT

Signed up for the wrong class, VTA only got 7 entries, top 3 were out of my league, was around 0.5 slower, had a race for 4th but ended up in 5th, car was easy to drive but was having a hard time keeping it consistently in the grove, overshooting corners on a technical track like this added lots of time, my fast lap was 12.288 but average 15 was 13.023, that's a lot of lost time

Should have signed up for 21.5 but didn't want to spend the extra $60

triguy1975

Hey Mopar, got a question for you.. What did you do to drill the caps and what is the benefit of it if you don't mind explaining? I'm assuming it's for zero rebound.

moparSRT

yep zero rebound, makes the shocks more consistent, just drill a small hole in the cap.

Nerobro

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According to some testing on the off-road forum, drilling that hole encourges the diaphram to collapse. While it does flatten the shocks spring curve, it seems to have some adverse effects on actual shock performance.

moparSRT

cant compare off road shocks with tc shocks, oil volume displacment is a lot smaller in tc.

Nerobro

iTrader: (2)

I think you can. But the amount of science done on these things is really pretty minimal. I wonder if we can get that college kid to try running different shocks on his dyno. :-) I expect, you'll see the same throughout.

I'll also note, that in the 90's pressurized shocks were "a thing" And getting full rebound was a design consideration.

... I wonder when we're gonna see "advanced" shock absorbers on r/c cars. The time has come...

longuylander

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Maybe somebody should try to mimic Cadillac's Magnetorheological dampers for rc.

moparSRT

in the 90's we also used 80wt oil and 30lb springs on our foam tc's

advanced shocks?? U have seen awesomatix and serpent cars ... right?

ASM

iTrader: (30)

Team Associated's top drivers also run 1mm holes in the caps and this is clear on the set-up sheets. With how involved those guys are if the hole didn't provide an advantage, guys like Rick Howart wouldn't be doing it.