Originally Posted by
tony montana
Im starting to question my choice on this truck. Thinking I should have maybe went with the losi. I hear the losi drives more like a 1/8 buggy which is what I race normally. I did run the truck on a track for the first time this past weekend and made one lap. Yeah one lap, truck was so twitchy and seemed to handle so bad I pulled it off the track. Plus this pin mod thing, I would think if I did that mod it would make the truck worse for me. May have this truck in the for sale section soon
SERIOUSLY...you ran the truck w/o checking the diff and shock fluids? You MUST not have read all the posts from people who got theirs with the shocks not filled or piston screws not tightened...or the diffs not filled properly or (some) not at all?
Dude...you really DO need to do at least a LITTLE set-up before you toss it on the track and decide it's not for you. No offense intended...but if you race 1/8 buggies then you should know that you need to check everything that is 'pre-built' to make sure it's done perfectly.
My shocks were cool...but I wanted to make sure to mimic a set-up that I had right out of the gate. I had seen a few of them run before I got mine. So I already knew I wanted to shim the inner camber links, shorten shock travel, and put the sway bars on there.
You never really told us (unless I missed it somewhere...easy to do here) what other than the stock kit you have on your truck. The sway bars make a HUGE difference, so does shimming the inner camber link (ball stud on the shock towers) AND shortening the shock travel. LOTS of things could account for the sketchy way you describe your truck handling. I think that those 550 4.5 tekins are just way too torq'ie unless you dial them down quite a bit. Try rolling back the timing and gearing up a few teeth and if it's still lightning fast try setting your EPA on throttle back a bit to limit full power some.
I'm using -30 to -35 steering expo, that helped tame down the steering quite a bit. Also going with 30k in the front diff made it a lot easier to drive. I don't know what tires that you use that I could compare to what we use here in the Midwest (Blue Springs, MO)...but I have found that using a good traction tire for the track conditions in the REAR and one not quite so good on the FRONT helps balance the truck out and makes it drive a lot smoother for me.
Most people think there's a bit too much traction in the front of this truck, at least that's what I'm gathering from those that I've talked to, and the posts that I've read online.
Everybody has an opinion, and everybody has their own driving style...maybe you are suited more to the LOSI? Nothing wrong with that...just because a bunch of us like the AE doesn't mean that it's the ONLY way to go. I would say keep trying tweaks on the truck until you either LOVE it or can't stand it anymore. Then if you still want to SELL it...send me a PM!
