wrenchdoctor

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Greetings,

Im just wondering what you guys are doing to set up the front ends on your 1/8 buggy's/truggy's and to a lesser extent MT's?

Is everyone using setup stations? I want to get some toe-out and a bit of positive camber, but without eyeballing it.

toyoter91

iTrader: (47)

I use my setup station the first time I build a car just to make sure everything is squared up and even from side to side with the steering. After that its very very rare that I ever put the car back on it.

Gavel

iTrader: (6)

Why would you want positive camber? But i build the car, run it for a litre or two, the chuck it on the setup station and get toe and camber sorted

Jerm13

iTrader: (36)

Set up stations are great... But if you don't have one, or don't want to spend the money on one, a camber gauge is really all you need to be pretty damn close and they are $10 or less...

For toe, I put wheels without tires on my cars and set them on the edge of my workbench ( nice 90* angle). Then I use my camber gauge to adjust the steering rod for 1-2* on each wheel ( 1* on the left+1 degree on the right=2* total toe out). And then set my camber....

wrenchdoctor

iTrader: (68)

Thank you jerm. I'll probably try that tomorrow. I'm looking to add positive camber to make for a more aggressive turn in because the track I run has some pretty high speed corners.

Setup stations are so expensive. I would like to have one but cant justify the huge initial expense. $100+ is a lot to spend on something that will only get used once in a while.