Originally Posted by rcgod

First off let me say I think Tekno did an amazing job with the design and quality of this kit. If you are happy with the stock setup then great, this won't apply to you. But coming from racing an SCTE for a couple of years, which works great on pretty much any track condition with the standard team setup, I wanted to find a setup I could run on this truck without making big changes.

First impressions of the kit setup were easy to drive, tons of steering, but the ass end was loose coming out of corners, and it would chassis slap on high speed jumps and fly nose down. I tried everything I could think of, removing braces, hubs forward, different sway bars, roll centers, shock pistons, etc, but the truck just never felt "right" to me. Every time my truck hit the track it would have something different done to the setup and I kept notes. The only thing that made the truck feel better was stiffer springs. So I started looking at shock geometry and spring rates. Basically I took measurements from the SCTE and compared them to the Tekno and found that the lower shock mount locations were very close, but the tower locations were more stood up on the Tekno, and the stock spring rates are much lower, especially in the rear.

So I basically copied the SCTE shock angles and spring rates to see how it worked. It did everything I was looking for. The rear is locked down coming out of corners, maybe even too much. Even with 10k in center diff it has a slight push coming out. No more chassis slap. I'm able to make a triple at my home track that only ebuggies can do because of the increased forward bite and I can hit the jump full throttle and the truck flies level. Even with hubs back and all chassis braces in it still has a ton of forward bite. Off power steering is still excellent.

Currently running HB grey front springs 4.2# rate and Losi green rear 3.1# rate. Anything in that range should work. I did try Tekno greens in front but couldn't get the ride height low enough. I feel the setup is about 80% there, just need to play with sway bars, diff fluids and roll centers a little more. I'm also racing on a big outdoor loamy track next weekend so hopefully it will be good there too. I can post my setup sheet if anyone is interested.

Originally Posted by steelers82

does anyone know if the eb48 shocks are the same size as the sct410?....if so do the shocks that come with the eb48 have all the upgrades such as alum caps ,alum bottoms , alum collars and different shafts?

Originally Posted by MattDub

EB48 and SCT410 are the same size shocks and exact same shafts. EB48 does include aluminum caps, aluminum cartridge caps and aluminum collars.

Originally Posted by Vegatron75

Is it ok to sand both sides of the spacers?

Originally Posted by Cain

here is a question, to balance out the weight of the receiver box but not using an actual servo, where is the best play to add weight?

Originally Posted by Cain

here is a question, to balance out the weight of the receiver box but not using an actual servo, where is the best play to add weight?

Originally Posted by jacked103

any chance you have a setup sheet i could check out

Originally Posted by jacked103

any chance you have a setup sheet i could check out

Originally Posted by RC*PHREAK

Originally Posted by virgilj

Watched your shock build video and enjoyed it. Your method makes a lot of sense.

For what it's worth you might want to try plumbers teflon tape to cover the threads instead of scotch tape. The stuff is slick and there is no way to nick the o-rings. As you pointed out though I doubt it's really necessary unless you're really anal.