Since I bought my factory team truck last winter, they have come out with new shocks. Is there any advantage to getting them? I see they are about 100 bucks which is really salty...

MBX5 Prospec you say??? Awesome buggy! We ran those back in the day. Along with the Mugen Truggy.

I'll still stop by here and comment once in a while I really enjoyed my AE 4x4. It took work to get it right and now I thing i've taken it as far as I can. So I am intriqued with something new..

Durango on it's way for me

You can just get the body and ti shafts, the rest is what you have already.
Hard anodized and Teflon coated bodies, ti-ni coated shafts, its better.

the ti coated shaft is smoother.
but what's the benefit of the hard anodized shock body?

I still think 13mm big bore shocks are already more than enough, especially most sc10 4x4 won't be competing in an outdoor track with big air, isn't it?

Yep, haven't ran it for years, want to get it back in the rotation.

here is my new body ready for the nats. sorry for the blurry pics.

i cant decide between the hi flow and another flowtek.

Cain - Many thanks for the info!


Lastly, to avoid the outdrive problem, how many spacers are recommended on the shock shaft? I take it its better to place them outside the shock body on the shaft, correct? Again, thanks!

Can someone help me with a belt issue? I have it geared 20 tooth rear an 19 tooth front for overdrive, an my belt became loose or thats what I thought. I had the tensioners fully tightened an it was barely enough to keep the belt tight enough. So I bought a new belt an put it in an it is no tighter then the old belt. I still have to run the tensioners fully tightened to keep it barely tight enough. Anybody know why?!

im running the 19t in the front 20t in the rear and i have my belt set so the truck free rolls about 10 feet.

i can go tighter and my belt is the same belt from when i bought the truck back in the middle of the winter.

whats your definition of loose ?

6mm worth of spacers plus the shock boot. if youre not using the shock boot 8mm of spacer.

this is the ford raptor from jconcepts. i also have the proline flowtek and that worked well.

Loose as in my tensioners are maxed out an that keeps it just barely tight enough. I thought that when I threw a new belt on that it would tighten things up an I would have to loosen my rear tensioner but nope I still have to have them both maxed out to keep the belt just barely tight enought. By barely tight enough I mean tight enough to run, skips a little but could be a little tighter.

yeah i know its the raptor, they are similar tho. i like the hood-scoop on the hi flo/flowtek tho

You did say dusty and loose &

sweeping is way cheaper than a new set of tire$ ....



At Trcr we sweep before each heat even .


If you can't sweep ?

another tip

check what the faster trucks are using for tires & inserts , try those tires ...


J61092

Are you using a chassis brace ?

Looks way too tight to me, that'll give you drag (and a lot of fine, black plastic dust). The first setting was fine, maybe a tiny tad tighter. You'll want to be able to wiggle the spur back and forth a very small amount before it touches the pinion.
But as others said, get a new pinion.. that's likely half the reason for the shredded spurs right there.