Tekno RC EB48 Thread
#6571
Tks for the tips I will try the heavy sway bar thinking Thursday night . I actually wasnt running a front sway bar might have been a little of my issue ...
Waiting for my second kit to come in this week . got all the aluminium goodies to go on it .
Waiting for my second kit to come in this week . got all the aluminium goodies to go on it .
#6572
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Joined: Dec 2012
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I wouldnt go more than 7k in the center. Try running heavier sway bars so you dont roll so much weight onto the outside front. The inside is too light and thats why it is diffing out. Try to reduce the roll and that should fix it without hurting performance elsewhere. I am running 2.8mm bars front and rear and it has not reduced traction anywhere on the track. If anything, I have more traction. Keep in mind that a narrow car will roll more than a wider car.(wider weight placement.) Wider cars stay flatter and require a much thinner sway bar setup in order to stay flat enough to bite good. Shortening the camber links and heavier roll bars will actually help reduce roll and increase overall traction. You will reach a point though that it goes the other way so try it and know when to say when.

#6573
That is true. Shortening them in relation to the arm also reduces roll. Longer links make the car roll more. This works well on wider platforms as they are trying to get the cars to roll more as the car will fight itself trying to roll as the weight of one side will counter balance the other side. The closer the weight is to the centerline, the more freely the car rolls. Kind of like walking a high wire. Long pole, easier to stay standing. Hold a pencil and you are S.O.L. .lol
#6574
What sometimes is hard to understand is that as your camber link pivot spacing decreases vs. the lower arm pivot spacing,yes it increases camber gain as the 2 are swinging different arcs but it also creates a bind. This bind is what decreases roll and you really wont experience as much camber gain as expected because the cars suspension will not compress or roll as much as a longer link and now will drive the tire into the ground creating more traction to that wheel. If you lower the inboard or raise the outboard pivot, roll is reduced but weight transfer to the tire is reduced and will actually loosen up that end of the car and reduce traction. I lower the camber link on the tower when I want to reduce side bite and raise it to increase it. But if the car rolls too much, I shorten the link and/or go to heavier sway bars. I hope that makes sense. I hate typing.
#6576
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 235
That is true. Shortening them in relation to the arm also reduces roll. Longer links make the car roll more. This works well on wider platforms as they are trying to get the cars to roll more as the car will fight itself trying to roll as the weight of one side will counter balance the other side. The closer the weight is to the centerline, the more freely the car rolls. Kind of like walking a high wire. Long pole, easier to stay standing. Hold a pencil and you are S.O.L. .lol
Last edited by neospud; 05-20-2013 at 03:25 PM.
#6577
The amount your car rolls is based on many variables. Chassis layout is 1st and foremost the biggest thing. All of your other adjustments are just that, adjustments. They help you manipulate how the chassis rolls around its roll center. A car with a wide weight placement absolutely rolls less than a car with a narrow weight placement off of centerline. Your roll center can be raised or lowered to control how easily the car rolls. but it always rolls around its center. as weight is moved further out from the roll center, each side has more leverage to counter balance the opposing side thus reducing roll. My high wire example is exactly the same idea and was used as an example to try to help with a visual. I can try all day long to convince you and probably will not succeed. All i can say is try it. I am not trying to hurt you guys here.
#6579
Oh my, im just going to stop here. I dont want to get into a debate on this thread on this topic. It has lost any credibility already and just confused anyone who is looking to cure a loose car. I give you what i did to cure any loose issues i had and an explination in the most simple terms i could. At the end of the day, i am trying to help you guys,not hurt you. My car was a little loose when i started running it, i used all of the same adjustments explained and they did exactly as they should do. Onroad or offroad, they are all cars and all the same principals apply. They all have the same effect, just in onroad, it is more noticable due to the higher traction . That being said, my car handles great and is a top 3 car week in and week out in a field of 30 cars. Im not in need of any help with set up, im offering it. If you dont want to know what i do to make my car work flawlessly every race day, then i respect that. Good day.
#6580
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I'm looking for some advice:
I am interested in running a super light eb48 setup and am wondering if a 2s lipo with a tekin pro 4 hd would be something worth trying. At one point on this thread, a few mentioned that they love their 2s setup and I'm interested to hear more about it. It seems to me that if the sct410 can be run with a 2s lipo, the eb48 should too! I would be running outdoors on a medium size track.
Also, those of you who have focused on running a light setup, what advantages or disadvantages have you observed? Is it worth my time trying to make a sub 7 lb buggy? Thanks in advance for any help with this, guys.
I am interested in running a super light eb48 setup and am wondering if a 2s lipo with a tekin pro 4 hd would be something worth trying. At one point on this thread, a few mentioned that they love their 2s setup and I'm interested to hear more about it. It seems to me that if the sct410 can be run with a 2s lipo, the eb48 should too! I would be running outdoors on a medium size track.
Also, those of you who have focused on running a light setup, what advantages or disadvantages have you observed? Is it worth my time trying to make a sub 7 lb buggy? Thanks in advance for any help with this, guys.
I'm honestly hoping it gets popular for indoors...if only someone would make shock tower protectors to save the track now.
But no matter what you'll need top notch batteries to pull it off consistently.
#6582
#6583
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 3,298
From: Raleigh, North Carolina
Oh my, im just going to stop here. I dont want to get into a debate on this thread on this topic. It has lost any credibility already and just confused anyone who is looking to cure a loose car. I give you what i did to cure any loose issues i had and an explination in the most simple terms i could. At the end of the day, i am trying to help you guys,not hurt you. My car was a little loose when i started running it, i used all of the same adjustments explained and they did exactly as they should do. Onroad or offroad, they are all cars and all the same principals apply. They all have the same effect, just in onroad, it is more noticable due to the higher traction . That being said, my car handles great and is a top 3 car week in and week out in a field of 30 cars. Im not in need of any help with set up, im offering it. If you dont want to know what i do to make my car work flawlessly every race day, then i respect that. Good day.

Aaron
#6584
i'm going to be racing there saturday. are they at the store at the track or the other one? i haven't been there yet this year so i haven't been to the new store.
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