Oh gotcha, well I would check it on some carpet since carpet has a good amount of grip and just make sure it slips for 2-3 feet id say, maybe a little less. Ive heard a guy say he sets them to slip more so the slipper can slip coming out of corners and let the motor spool up faster but i haven't experimented with that and it kinda leaves me with some questions plus he kinda smelled funny .
When i built my t4.1 with a reedy 17.5 i just looked in the manual and set the slipper to how much shaft is supposed to stick out from the slipper nut i believe since i am running the regular slipper on that truck for now atleast and all the parts were new so i started with that and hevent even touched it.

adjusting a 17.5 slipper is tricky, I loosen till I can hear it slip easily & cannot clear the jump .
Then tighten 1/4 turns till I clear the jump...

try to run it as loose as possible for best performance

My apologies if this has already been asked and/or discussed.

I seem to recall sometime back about some possible issues with the o-ring on the shock bleeder screws. I'm building the car now and when I built the first shock, I tighened the screw and the o-ring popped out. I loosened and retightened to prevent that from happening but I'm a bit concerned it may not be tight enough.

Is there any reason I should be concerned?

Thanks guys!

sounds like your tightening down the bleed screw a bit to far..


back off a 1/2 turn or so....

Has anyone else used the 1.4 AE taper shock pistons? I really like them so far. Just curious.

i hear a lot of people are running the losi copper bleeder shim, i just got and installed mine today

I just ordered a set from amain since my track is lagging and i ordered a set of the 1.6's from rcplanet.

Are you running them front and rear? and with what springs?

I put togeather another pair of shocks and had some avid 2+2 pistons (1.6x1.1) and ran 32/30 oil with the pink/gold x gear springs and it felt pretty good on our fresh layout but i think it might be better with the green/white ae springs.

I like the bulldog body I ran it on both my losi before I sold it and now my 4.2 live the body and how it looks totally agree that the right paint colors make it look even better to.

Ok cool I just never heard of that gearing. I try to keep my motor cooler and have plenty of power, but whatever works go with it. My motor doesn't even get over 130 unless I run for a long time and its hard to get it that high on a regular run time.

yeah back in October I was running EA's D3.5 and I ran that motor at 35-36 / 75 and that was about where it needed to be to be fast. Each motor is unique and they have different powerbands.

If I run 17.5 more in the fall, I am going to look into the smaller high rpm rotors that we have and see if I like that powerband better or worse.

17.5 lasted about 3 months here and is now dead, lol. Everyone is going back to 13.5 for the next series. I dont really understand why. The 17.5 guys were putting down the same lap times as the 13.5 guys. I am just going to run my 17.5 in the 13.5 class. I am too cheap to buy a new motor whenever people change their minds. I kinda wish everyone would go mod and just be done with it. The all this temping and gearing to the sky would end. No issues with people boosting or whatever. Heck we run on an 8th scale track. Maybe we could create jumps that dont bore the 8th scale guys, lol.

I started running 17.5 because I needed to slow down some. Too rusty to have alot of motor. I can drive a 7.5 or 8.5 and not be all over the place, but I'm not fast. 17.5 is helping me be more consistent. I originally planned on only doing it a couple weeks to prepare for Motorama but the local track had a bunch of guys start running it. Some new, some seasoned Oval guys. So now there's 10-20 guys every week and it's a battle to make the A. Last time I was there, the entire A qualified within 10-12 seconds of each other... that makes for good racing!

Yeah, that is fun racing. We had 4 in 17.5 last week and 8 in 13.5. 4 cars on an 8th scale track is a bit boring lol. 13 should be interesting. Most normal drivers are not any faster with a mod than not a mod. Most are slower. I just get tired of all the cheater drama. Or guys running their motors 160-170 deg, just to go fast and "keep" up.

tbh, I probably wouldn't run 17.5 on an 8th scale track. In fact, I don't plan on running 17.5 outside at all. I am hoping we have a 10th scale class locally this summer. If not, I did get a Mugen MBX6ECO. I suspect E Buggy will be huge this summer here because the 8th scale Electric Nats are less than 3 hours away this year.

On that note, if anyone is thinking about coming out to PA for that, stop by and say hi.

lol, the only thing 8th scale about our track is its size. 17.5 can clear every jump easy. No long quads, no rythm sections just easy doubles.