RC10T4.1 Thread.
#481
This topic is constantly debated. I run a gear diff, but many people run ball diffs. I like the low maintenance of a gear diff, but it takes a good amount of messy experimenting to find the right weight fluid to run, and it's not really tunable when you're at the track.
#482
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This topic is constantly debated. I run a gear diff, but many people run ball diffs. I like the low maintenance of a gear diff, but it takes a good amount of messy experimenting to find the right weight fluid to run, and it's not really tunable when you're at the track.
Sounds like gear it is, I like the low maintenance and the fact that I know how to build them right lol. My local track is normaly set up close to the same even with changes, lots of tight turns and one long straight. So when I get it set I think I should be good 

I'm forever in the ball diff mindset. I have been doing it for years and years.
Tuning for feel is so much easier.
I just went through this with a friend who got the 22T.
Built the truck to specs and he hated it... so much he almost sold it that day at the track.
Talked him into putting in the ball diff, and behold, with no other changes ...
and he now loves it almost as much as driving my T4.1.
He ofcourse wanted the gear diff cause he was more comfortable with it, and low maint. ...
#483
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It took me three or four tries of constant fluid changing and mixing to figure out what I like at my indoor track. Now I actually have to buy another one and tune it for the outdoor track. I really like the consistency of it when you finally get it dialed.
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Has anyone tried or heard of people trying an extended chassis on the truck? I believe the 22t is longer the the t4 just curious if we would see the same benefits on the truck that we have in the buggy?
I haven't seen any setup sheets with this so I am just curious is there a reason this just doesn't work or people think that we don't see a benefit from it?
Thanks!
I haven't seen any setup sheets with this so I am just curious is there a reason this just doesn't work or people think that we don't see a benefit from it?
Thanks!
#485
the t4 is 4mm shorter than roar spec (288mm). I think the 22T is 290 at long WB setting. I ran the rcrd +4 chassis and brought it right roar limit. It was little more stable on large outdoor tracks but not worth it imo. I wouldnt bother.
#487
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#490
Someone help me out with a question I have. I have a T4.1 and when I look at different setup sheets and the build instructions, they all list running spacers in the shocks to limit it's stroke. I have dabbbled in off road trucks most of my adult life and spent 6 years building sand rails and we always got as much travel out of them as we could, espically on the downward stroke to keep as much ground contact as we could. We only limited travel becuase of the limitations of heim and CV joints. Please explain to me why they want you to limit travel on our RC trucks. Thanks
#491
Someone help me out with a question I have. I have a T4.1 and when I look at different setup sheets and the build instructions, they all list running spacers in the shocks to limit it's stroke. I have dabbbled in off road trucks most of my adult life and spent 6 years building sand rails and we always got as much travel out of them as we could, espically on the downward stroke to keep as much ground contact as we could. We only limited travel becuase of the limitations of heim and CV joints. Please explain to me why they want you to limit travel on our RC trucks. Thanks



