Originally Posted by
Farmer_John
Second day of test and tune.
Purchased Slash 4x4 sway bar kit, threw away wire, bought some K&S 2mm wire.
Trimmed threaded rod so the links were short enough, tossed ball studs and hodgepodged enough eyelet balls to run the 3x...buttton heads through and fix to arms. attaching the bars to the dif case took some MacGuyvering and was kinda fun. A couple of the appropriate size screws, a couple of blue washers out of my RC12 stash, some spacers out of an OFNA parts kit and a couple of slices from a Plano tacklebox drawer seperator and I had the bars attached loosely to the vehicle
I did bend up some wire to fit...
Then I drove it. What was a vehicle that closely resembled a fishing boat rolling around in a gale, became an almost manageable truck to drive.
I must live in a different world than most of you, because from my end of the transmitter, this truck is nearly not drivable without sway bars. And honestly, I think I'm going to bend up some 2.5mm bars, at least for the rear.
I've run 2.5 rear bars on my SC10 4x4 and all I can say is you better be
racing on a smooth track because you will hate the 2.5 on a ruff track.
I even tried grinding a flat spot in the middle of the bar to soften it some
I could not even come close to softing it enough for a ruff track. I ended
up down to a 1.4 bar for a ruff track.
I'll save the 2.5 for a smooth track if I ever race on one LOL"
I love your discription of the SC10 4x4 as a fishing boat in a gale LOL"
I raced mine tonight and that fits perfect. Out of 4 SC10s tonight I qed
2nd first round. Then I pulled out my Losi SCTE and tqed 2nd round by
a bunch over a guy who normally beats me AE vs AE. Then I ran the Losi
in the main and played with him a while then beat him by a lap. His SC10
4x4 looked just like a fishing boat compared to my Losi which was rock
solid smooth and easy to drive. He is now going to our local hobby shop
to pick up a Losi and see what it's like to race a truck instead of a fishing
boat....LOL" LOL"
All in all I'm sneaking up on getting the SC10 4x4 to be a good SC truck
but it is taking a heck of alot of work where the Losi came out of the box
flying fast and smooth. Will I ever get the AE to work as good as the Losi
still remains to be seen. Theres one thing forsure though" the AE is going
to take alot of work and is not for novice R/C racers in any way shape or
form.
I like both trucks but the AE is an up hill battle to make it not be a fishing
boat as you put it....
