Originally Posted by
HighLife420
Anyone actually running a rear sway on their sc10? Ive seen a ton of them and not 1 person has had a rear sway...kinda wondering why they even make it for the 2wd.
I know people mod it to use it up front, thinking about doing it myself, but havent had any real reason too.
Btw, i took my foam, cut 1/3rd off it, put the big piece in the back and the small in the front, i actually bought an extra foam and cut it into 3 so i can mix and match, but havent changed it since really. Just to fit a longer lipo (had a soft pack lipo that was longer than a normal hard case). I also use the normal plastic battery strap...i use a couple turnigy hard cases and they are taller than normal. The carbon fiber strap i got broke when i tried cranking it down. It wasnt the pressure, it was the pack being too tall, and i could only back out the thread posts so much. The pastic lipo strap is tough....i can vouch for that, i even stepped on it the other day and it slight bent, alittle adjustment and it was straight again.
The sway bar was created a long time ago for the base B4 chassis to improve steering while not reducing rear forward traction. It works well for high bite tracks and helps manage forward traction vs. side bite. I have used the sway bar on all sorts of tracks on my SC10 but in the end I was able to dial in the chassis by using springs and oil and weight biasing. I have thought about using it again but just have too much going on to go after re-tuning the chassis without any Pro knowledge out there.
On the SC10 I already am running the red springs in the front and green in the rear with more than 3oz. added. If I added the sway bar it would give me more steering than I need and force me to reduce the spring rate in the front resulting in a reduction of rear forward bite on acceleration. I think this change would also impact the jumping perfomance adversly too. The stiffer front springs keep the nose now off jumps.