Originally Posted by
Tas724
I forgot to mention, I do have the exotec chassis, and I have the chassis brace as well. At the end of the season I was running 10k front diff, 5k rear. 40wt shock oil in the front, 30wt in the rear. Stock springs. -2 camber front -1 in the rear. Ride hight was driveshafts parralel to the ground. I am running the 5mm setup in the rear to reduce roll. Medium sway bar in the front, lightest in the rear. 12t pinion on stock spur.
I did feel like I lacked speed so a quicker gearing setup would solve that. The truck would spin out if I bearly turned it On the front stretch, which is the fastestest part of the track. The truck on some days would lack pradictability. I didn't have confidence about really driving out of the corner, or really pressing it's limit. The line between controlable and uncontrollable was super fine. I had trouble clearing the doubles but again I think that was due to the gearing. I have a smaller spur (58) that planing on installing. What springs and shock oil would you recommend? Thanks so much for getting back so quickly!
Personally, i would suggest the following to get:
- M2C Rear toe in Block
- RC Shox Center Diff
using the M2C rear toe in block to get more rear toe in really helps plant the vehicle. and the RC Shox Center Diff from what I have seen and others is a real improvement over the Slipper setup. Getting that rear end to plant will give you the confidence you need. On the dust bowl loose conditions here the truck was so back i could do spins down the straight. it was that bad before the M2C toe in block. with it, I could literally pitch the truck nearly side ways off of jumps hit the ground and confidently power through turns.
Outside of that, if you need quick turn ability as well as traction, you could try even lighter diff oil weight, this is what I did on my teknos for technical tracks but its something you have to be used to driving. The hudy guide in combination with the pavadis guide gives a nice breakdown of settings and what they do.
If you find you are in the market for a new motor, I personally would suggest a 540 4 pole motor at a minimum to give you more grunt than you are seeing now. Depending on track size, you may find just going with the 4600kv version best to start with. 4000kv Tekin though is a great small to medium track motor.
Tuning it with boost software (VERY LITTLE, like 5 degreees) and only at a high RPM starting point works well to get more top speed. Thats what I had to do to keep temps reasonable.
All in all, my most enjoyment with the truck outside of the parts you already have came from buying the RC Shox Center Diff, pistons, and M2C Rear toe in block.