Originally Posted by daleburr

Here is my home-made F1; independant roll and pitch springs and damping like yours, the best of all worlds . I agree with you, 1/12th style damper tubes are rubbish, as is the Tamiya style friction disk. This was the key part of the design for me (that and getting the weight distribution as far back as possible).

I use a TRF shock for the pitch and IRS VCS shocks for the roll. Took a bit of design effort to fit it all in under an F1 shell, but it was worth the effort as the car is mega and with the adjustments available is easy to dial to any track conditions.

Good luck with your project!