Originally Posted by
Blakesrc
Hey Guys, struggling a bit trying to find an outdoor setup for the truck that will keep the rear end under control, looking for a setup or some advice. The tracks I'm racing at are pretty hard packed but not blue grooved during club races so a top layer of dust will form, nothing loamy/sandy though.
Truck has plenty of steering, just way to loose. Started with the stock setup and ended up with yellow springs up front and short/lower camber link, whites in the back, no rear sway bar and the 8mm mod. This has made the truck a bit better but still not able to put the power down without the rear kicking around in high and low speed turns. If i try to stiffen up the front more via springs or shock locations it causes the truck to be inconsistent over the bumps and in the air. I also tried the overdrive pulley up front and saw no improvement so i went back to normal.
Any help is appreciated,
Blake
Please post your full setup as well as mods you are using.
A nice upgrade in general to gain rear traction is the M2C Rear toe in block at 3.5 degrees. That combined with the Center diff planted my Sc10 4x4. I could literally pitch it sideways and control it on the very loose fluffy dry dirt here and finally give the SCTE fast driver a run for its money on those conditions.
As for camber links on the rear, I found personally that to get more traction I ran the inner ball stud position on the tower lower. When I was traction rolling on carpet, I raised this link up, similar to the level that the +8mm mod does on the tower. I think from my experiences with the +8mm mod, the outer position on the hub seemed to give me more traction, while the inner position on the tower took it way, at least, that is what I saw. When I lowered the tower position when I was testing the mod, I gained traction with each mm drop on the tower. Its worth trying.
Eventually, I just took it off as I felt the M2C rear toe block gave me what I needed and I didn't have to mess with risers for the mod anymore.
RC Shox 2 stage pistons really helped as well on the bumpy stuff. Care felt more planted for sure.
