Originally Posted by
Fasttrak
It all takes some time to get your head wrapped around and there is definitely a learning curve to this whole thing. I still consider myself a novice even after several decades doing this. The Hudy setup for droop uses two aluminum 30mm blocks you place under the front and rear of the chassis and some special blocks that read the droop. It is just easier to read the eye-to-eye measurement with the chassis sitting on something to keep the arms off the ground and completely unladened. I do have the blocks and the sliding scale and it is just way easier to use calipers and measure that way. Plus, all the setup sheets on the Tekno site will use the eye-to-eye measure opposed to the actual droop reading.
The actual droop reading would be a measurement of suspension travel past the point it has at ride height (fully laden suspension). I forget exactly what mine was with the Lutz setup but it was something like 24mm and 26mm.
Yep, you're exactly right. I measured the droop the way Hudy said using the 30mm blocks and the droop at the hubs was in fact 24. I have the entire setup system which includes the Hoody droop gauge. The one in the kit starts at 0 -1 -2 -3 etc, I also bought a separate gauge (for whatever reason) that starts at 30 29 28 27 etc. lol Its the same tool just states it in a different way. You can put them side by side and they are identical with the exception of the numbering.
I was heavy into 1/8 scale 5 years ago and this is all a refresher for me. I'm picking it back up slowly. Now....if I can just learn how to drive this damn thing!!