Originally Posted by
TomErickson
2) RCShox 2-Stage Pistons: I used AE 25wt. rear and AE32.5 wt rear and these worked pretty good. I had a good improvement in handling. I may need to reduce the front oil thickness a little maybe 30wt. What is a good combination of AE oils for yellow springs.
For the 2 Stage pistons, on high traction indoor carpet I was using 30W Losi Front, 25W Losi Rear. Outdoors loose conditions I was down to 27.5W Losi Front, and 22.5W Losi Rear.
This was with the heavier exotek setup so you may find you would go even lighter.
Originally Posted by
TomErickson
Next I will be overhauling the front diff changing to 7K oil and installing the 20T belt gear. In addition I plan to install the RCShox V2 center diff with 5 pins.
I ran a 4000mAH Shorty pack transverse forward and it performed very well. I used only 2300mAh in a 5 minute heat race and lasted a 7 minute final without any concerns. the car is very light and feels like my 2wd right now. I will weigh it and post later. It seems that a 540 2 pole motr may even work in this chassis now!! There seems to be hope for this car as I am starting to race it more.
Nice! I wouldn't be surprised if those new Tekin Pro2 motors could be awesome in the lightweight sc10 4x4.
Originally Posted by
TomErickson
I don't have the car running the best yet so I finished 3rd in the B-Main against mainly Losi chassis. I'm not too far from the lead lap. I am really hoping that the c-Diff makes a huge difference. I plan to also go to the 2.2 front sway bar. I have way too much steering and the rear mid corner traction is not good enough. I have the 8mm mod and dropped camber link to 5mm using the outer most hole at the shock tower to get what I needed.
Has anyone tried the longer wheelbase?
have you tried raising up the ball stud on the front shock tower? I did this to take away some of the front bite and it calmed the steering down for me, especially on carpet.
As for the rear, assuming you are not running the M2C rear toe in block, personally I would drop the ball stud on the tower down as much as possible. I'd even just take off the 8mm mod if it helps and run say 1mm under the rear ball stud. That's basically what I was down to on my loose setup.
On high traction carpet, I then raised up the ball stud to help with traction rolling, I think I settled on 5mm or 6mm at the time.