Serpent 710
#6452
Got my second kit today. It came with the new tank and I got the thicker shock tower. Well it didnt really come with the thicker shock tower but the owner knew I was looking to see if it came with it so he gave it to me anyways in a brand new package and swapped it for the older one. What a nice guy
#6453
Originally posted by cyba888
After changing to a higher roll center the car does not have traction roll as much which helped alot. The only way without traction roll is to true your tires down alot. But some how im still having traction roll
My front toes out -2 which gives me oversteer which still has traction roll. I need some help with this setup, its frustrating me
After changing to a higher roll center the car does not have traction roll as much which helped alot. The only way without traction roll is to true your tires down alot. But some how im still having traction roll
My front toes out -2 which gives me oversteer which still has traction roll. I need some help with this setup, its frustrating me
What ride height are you running? Oil and holes for the shocks?
Try going back to the default setup and see how that performs.
#6454
Originally posted by markp27
-2 front toe out seems a lot to me, usually you use more toe out to aid turn in to a corner - this amount probably won't help your traction roll.
What ride height are you running? Oil and holes for the shocks?
Try going back to the default setup and see how that performs.
-2 front toe out seems a lot to me, usually you use more toe out to aid turn in to a corner - this amount probably won't help your traction roll.
What ride height are you running? Oil and holes for the shocks?
Try going back to the default setup and see how that performs.
If the problem is really because of the new tires(higher profile) then I will switch back to default. The more I think about it the more I think it has to do with the tires. Default setting is dam good with the stock tires that came with the kit
Never really had problems with the stock tires until I switched to new ones. RIght now I have to bebuild my car first and hope my thrust bearings are not shot since it ran into the wall and kept spinning my tires for some time while it was on all four wheels. Clutch feels weird and my gears are stripped as well
#6455
Originally posted by cyba888
Yea -2 does seem alot. Will change it back to -1. Im still using 6mm front and back. As far as oil and holes its all factory setting. The thing is the car has traction roll only on new tires. With smaller diameter used tires it does not traction roll and runs great. Maybe I need to true the tires front and rear when its brand new
If the problem is really because of the new tires(higher profile) then I will switch back to default. The more I think about it the more I think it has to do with the tires. Default setting is dam good with the stock tires that came with the kit
Never really had problems with the stock tires until I switched to new ones. RIght now I have to bebuild my car first and hope my thrust bearings are not shot since it ran into the wall and kept spinning my tires for some time while it was on all four wheels. Clutch feels weird and my gears are stripped as well
Yea -2 does seem alot. Will change it back to -1. Im still using 6mm front and back. As far as oil and holes its all factory setting. The thing is the car has traction roll only on new tires. With smaller diameter used tires it does not traction roll and runs great. Maybe I need to true the tires front and rear when its brand new
If the problem is really because of the new tires(higher profile) then I will switch back to default. The more I think about it the more I think it has to do with the tires. Default setting is dam good with the stock tires that came with the kit
Never really had problems with the stock tires until I switched to new ones. RIght now I have to bebuild my car first and hope my thrust bearings are not shot since it ran into the wall and kept spinning my tires for some time while it was on all four wheels. Clutch feels weird and my gears are stripped as well
If you have such a setup, and maybe the stock one is like this, run a tank of fuel and see how the handling is after the tyres have warmed up. Maybe you find that the grip comes as the tyres warm up.
If the car is still lacking grip after the tank full, then start making the necessary changes from the Setup Book.
Regarding Tyres, there is a lot of good information in the FAQ in chapter 7.1 - I think a lot of it will be useful for you.
Cheers, Mark.
#6456
finally got to the track and had some testing I went with the default set up and had a little oversteer on power exiting the turns , may be it was because thje track was a little dusty but I think I will put the red springs in the front , had my first crash als
but it was really slow I was stopping the car because I was done running and because of the dust in that particular area it slided and went to the board, I ended up breaking the lower buper, those things are fragile
but it was really slow I was stopping the car because I was done running and because of the dust in that particular area it slided and went to the board, I ended up breaking the lower buper, those things are fragile
#6461
Originally posted by markp27
We could coin a new phrase here: "InitialD-Noise" - a term used to describe extreme newsgroup postings from one individual
We could coin a new phrase here: "InitialD-Noise" - a term used to describe extreme newsgroup postings from one individual
It's painful not being able to post in one day !
#6462
Originally posted by InitialD
Yes sir !
Yes sir !
Hey, D ... who is on pole at Sepang?
I just got home so don't know the starting positions for tomorrow.
Must be bloody Schumi again ...
#6463
Originally posted by cyba888
Yea -2 does seem lot. Will change it back to -1.
Yea -2 does seem lot. Will change it back to -1.
The thing is the car has traction roll only on new tires. With smaller diameter used tires it does not traction roll and runs great.
You can actually attribute the traction roll problem to too much droop. Reducing droop should help in some ways. When the tires wear down and when you reset your ride height back to 6 mm without doing any compensation with regards to your droop settings, you're actually limiting the droop without you knowing it.
Remember that when you change the ride height back to your original with worn down tires (smaller diameter), you need to increase droop. Doing nothing to the droop settings would limit the droop automatically.
Originally posted by cyba888
Default setting is dam good with the stock tires that came with the kit
Never really had problems with the stock tires until I switched to new ones.
Default setting is dam good with the stock tires that came with the kit
Never really had problems with the stock tires until I switched to new ones.
Anyway, are you the only one running the 710 at your track? Are they having traction roll problems too? What about other cars? From the problems you've described, it looks like you're the sole 710 driver.
#6464
Originally posted by markp27
I've got round to upgrading the FAQ to be more the document I wanted - here's the V1.0 version of it - clearer and more professional layout. Comments would be nice
Cheers, Mark.
I've got round to upgrading the FAQ to be more the document I wanted - here's the V1.0 version of it - clearer and more professional layout. Comments would be nice
Cheers, Mark.
RCcarinternational is not next to the Serpent Factory, they are about +/- 70 km away
The Border is about +/- 30 km away
And my LHS Modelsport is about 10 km away
www.modelsport.nl
(not all parts are shown on his site but he has them on stock not like others that don't have a Serpent stock but say they do)
He even goes to the factory sometimes twice per week. And on fridayevenings Rene is mostly here
#6465
Originally posted by Schrijver99
And on fridayevenings Rene is mostly here
And on fridayevenings Rene is mostly here



