Yeah, I would get rid of the rear bar.

You can tighten the front diff but the front one will die really quickly. The plastic diffs are really fragile, crappy and inconsistent... if you can, find two steel ones ASAP.

Check your hinge pins often. They bend super easy.

What body are you running ? Anything else than a Protoform mazdaspeed 6 and you are wasting your time, and I mean that. Attach the wing with a 9-10mm overhang from the back of the body.


I'm thinking running the battery at the back will probably make your problems worse. Well, it doesn't cost much to try.

If I were you I would try this Levanen setup as a baseline ( NOT the Drescher one):

http://petitrc.com/reglages/asso/set...lheim_2003.pdf

( obviously don't run a one-way and a Stratus 1, though... )

Regarding the shocks, they are pretty crappy in many respects but mostly because the AE red o-rings swell quick. You may be running 40W but with swollen o-rings pinching the shaft the shocks might end up feeling like 70W. Be sure to check them often and replace at the first hint of a doubt, or you might chase setup for a looooong time before pinpointing the issue. Always build with massive amounts of green slime, it lubricates and above all I believe it isolates the o-rings from the oil and thus helps delay swelling.

HTH