13LikesSerpent 811 Cobra Buggy 2.1
07-04-2013, 11:40 AM
#931
You must be running the old differential gears. Try using 5F,5M,3R K diff oils. What's your shock oil and piston setup. That makes a huge difference for performance. Also droop and ride height are easy adjustments for performance gains. If your looking for more steering putting your link setup, oil and shock position setup gives a better idea and helps others so there able to give proper advice.
What type of track do you run on? Also you need to throttle off during a turn then power into a turn. Learn how to roll your chassis into turns using your throttle and brakes.
What type of track do you run on? Also you need to throttle off during a turn then power into a turn. Learn how to roll your chassis into turns using your throttle and brakes.
07-04-2013, 11:45 AM
#932
Ok finally go some run time today. track wasnt the best but it was driveable and i needed to run. Car feels just as awesome as i remember, but with a lot more steering. i am now running 10 15 5 in the diffs and it feels really good. im running the 8 hole tapered pistons also with 40 front 35 back and it feels really good also but a little soft over the bigger jumps. will probably bump it up 2.5wt.
What kind of clutch setup do you guys run? I am a tenth scale and ebuggy guy so running nitro again has gotten me learning
What kind of clutch setup do you guys run? I am a tenth scale and ebuggy guy so running nitro again has gotten me learning
07-04-2013, 04:03 PM
#933
He needs to know what your buggy is or is not doing in order to help point you in the right direction. If you are running the 2.0 version you should be somewhere around 10-12-6 or 12-12-6 something like that would be a good starting point. If you are running the original diff gears then 5-5-3 is usually a good starting point. The more info you give on what you want your buggy to do or how it is handling the better info we can give in return.
07-04-2013, 05:46 PM
#934
The serpent clutch is good. I have tried others but it is kind of a pain to get things lined up. All aluminum shoes for me, usually use kings headz 6061 and serpent hard springs.
Running the aluminum flywheel at the moment, but the Steel is a good option if it is really loose.
Running the aluminum flywheel at the moment, but the Steel is a good option if it is really loose.
07-04-2013, 06:07 PM
#936
The serpent clutch is good. I have tried others but it is kind of a pain to get things lined up. All aluminum shoes for me, usually use kings headz 6061 and serpent hard springs.
Running the aluminum flywheel at the moment, but the Steel is a good option if it is really loose.
Running the aluminum flywheel at the moment, but the Steel is a good option if it is really loose.
07-05-2013, 12:15 AM
#937
07-05-2013, 04:03 PM
#940
Got something interesting in the works. Nothing for sale or anything. It might be something Serpent will want to change on the back of the car. The 2.0 rear end kind of made some wonky alignment issues in the back of the car. The shocks are no longer close to a 90 degree angle to the plane of the arm and the upper camber link is jacked at a weird angle. I am gonna move the shock tower back 9mm. It will require some spacers to take up the gap where the tower was and need to shave down the wing mount 9mm. A permanent change would require new diff cases and wing mount.
07-05-2013, 04:56 PM
#941
Got something interesting in the works. Nothing for sale or anything. It might be something Serpent will want to change on the back of the car. The 2.0 rear end kind of made some wonky alignment issues in the back of the car. The shocks are no longer close to a 90 degree angle to the plane of the arm and the upper camber link is jacked at a weird angle. I am gonna move the shock tower back 9mm. It will require some spacers to take up the gap where the tower was and need to shave down the wing mount 9mm. A permanent change would require new diff cases and wing mount.
Depending on clearance, you may need to space the wing back a little, but it would be a heck of a lot easier than moving the entire tower back.
07-05-2013, 06:02 PM
#943
Got something interesting in the works. Nothing for sale or anything. It might be something Serpent will want to change on the back of the car. The 2.0 rear end kind of made some wonky alignment issues in the back of the car. The shocks are no longer close to a 90 degree angle to the plane of the arm and the upper camber link is jacked at a weird angle. I am gonna move the shock tower back 9mm. It will require some spacers to take up the gap where the tower was and need to shave down the wing mount 9mm. A permanent change would require new diff cases and wing mount.
07-05-2013, 06:14 PM
#944
Hmm, wonder why they didn't include the longer standoffs in the upgrade kit... Not sure if I like the shock being that far away from the tower. The standoff can break easier, and also can break the tower being that far out. Lots more leverage being put on the tower. Not too worried about the wing, it can be notched slightly if needed.
Probably will go ahead with my plans since I don't have the stand offs. I like the angle of the links better anyway. The change is reverseable for the most part and no mods to the case are being done.
Moving the tower back sweeps the camber links forward slightly instead of quite a bit backward.
Probably will go ahead with my plans since I don't have the stand offs. I like the angle of the links better anyway. The change is reverseable for the most part and no mods to the case are being done.
Moving the tower back sweeps the camber links forward slightly instead of quite a bit backward.