Jammin X1 - so close yet so far
03-05-2007, 12:17 PM
#3226
Originally Posted by Jerseyboy
Bummer Pato. Are you building a new FTe or rebuilding your old one.
BTW are still racing TM G$s
BTW are still racing TM G$s
Its a Brand new FTE for the 2007 year
... only "hop up" its the fioroni chassis, other than that i love it on stock form ...And nopes, im not racing onroad for now, so i wold my TM G4S ...
cya,
03-05-2007, 04:55 PM
#3229
hey Tabushi, i've had much success not using sway bars on really bumpy tracks. generally you want to run one, whether it be stiff or flimsy, but on a really bumpy track you want all the articulation in your suspension that you can get so take them both off. i run the stiffest sway bars on my buggy since i run on a glass smooth track, but try using them not at all, only on one end, or on both ends. good luck!
03-06-2007, 12:59 AM
#3230
why the rear swaybar is longer and stiffer then the front..
03-06-2007, 06:48 PM
#3232
Originally Posted by macnkitty2002
because you have more weight in the back of the car generally (engine and battery weigh a lot).
03-07-2007, 09:44 AM
#3235
and how's the race... i thought u have some big race this weekend or last weekend.. must have mistaken...
ok i got the bearing off my crank. got to race today for the first day of the season and everything went wrong. right off the bat my gear mesh was wrong from the rebuild (damn paper trick ) so i had to fix that and miss the practice. then my buggy was flying all over the place because the nose was going sky high on the jump so i had to fix that with new springs and a different wing setting. then the track became dusty and slippery, so i had to make a lot of changes on my car to compensate and i changed tires but these things didn't reall help. then the battery on my bump box died and i think the motor in it is dead too. my engine hadn't been run for 4 months so that was way outta wack and i could never get it right. so what did i end up doing? i just left early, without even having to pay my dues. but what do you expect, it was the first of the season. guess i have some work to do.
03-07-2007, 01:17 PM
#3236
Building Shocks
Ok guys now we are talking about shocks i have a question for you all.
Can you all please give your thoughts & opinions and reasons why?
When you build your shocks should you put the cap on with the shaft and piston at the bottom, at the top, in the middle or a suggested measurement?
Putting the cap on the shock with the piston in different positions gives you a certain amount of "Pre-Load" (or rebound without the spring on it, when you compress the shock it springs back a certain distance) on the shock at different positions so which is the best from your experiences?
Can you all please give your thoughts & opinions and reasons why?
When you build your shocks should you put the cap on with the shaft and piston at the bottom, at the top, in the middle or a suggested measurement?
Putting the cap on the shock with the piston in different positions gives you a certain amount of "Pre-Load" (or rebound without the spring on it, when you compress the shock it springs back a certain distance) on the shock at different positions so which is the best from your experiences?
03-07-2007, 05:42 PM
#3237
i always put the piston at the bottom of the shock body, and then slowly push it up until all the air is out of the way. from my conjecture, if you do not have the piston at the bottom, you are not guranteed to get all of the air out (although you 99.999999% of the time will always get it out because you will see oil come out when no air is left).
03-07-2007, 05:46 PM
#3238
piston at the bottom of the shock.. turn the shock cap a little
push upward 1/2 of the shock.. turn the cap a little more
push 3/4 of the shock.. turn the cap until tight
it will rebound about 1/5 of the shock when u compress and release it
push upward 1/2 of the shock.. turn the cap a little more
push 3/4 of the shock.. turn the cap until tight
it will rebound about 1/5 of the shock when u compress and release it
03-08-2007, 08:07 PM
#3240
but as for me i dont care whether it rebound or not.. most important there got oil inside, the oil is enough and with suitable viscoscity.. 
