Hi everyone, I have a XV-01 Pro and im planning to use it in rally races! Can someone pass me a good base suspension setup? Seems the standard setup rebounds too much on the floor...this is normal?

Thanks!

I thought you had sold your XV-01?! Im sensing a last minute regret there!
How´s going there mate?

Que haces loco?
What do you mean by rebound on the floor?

Todo bien loco! I mean on the ground..

Right, but what specifically, that its too high on the ground, or that its rebound damping rates are too high, or that the damper´s travel length is too extended?
Rebound is actually one of the damper´s motion: Bump = compression, Rebound = extension. I do believe that you´re referring to the Ride Height instead, or perhaps the height of the suspension pickup point.

Abrazo

It is more like that the oil is too soft or that the springs are too hard, springs are kit included and the oil the clear one, and just want to know if everyone use the car with stock shock setup or should I change something..?

Thanks for your help!

Oh, ok, yeah you´re right! I actually use a mixture up front. We could get some calculations, like the wheel rate and suspension frequency, but it´d be hard to get the correct damping values provided by the dampers. What I did was to mix the dampers oil on the fly, I mean, I had the stock #1000 tamiya oil in the dampers. While testing the damping rate I kept adding a few drops of #10.000 until I felt it was set.

One other thing that came to my mind regarding Rebound, is that it can be adjusted to the moment you close the damper´s cap. To avoid light rebound, make sure that the damper is fully compressed when you screw in the damper´s cap.

Great tips! I'll try that way and let you know the results

Thanks for the help man!!!

Saludos

The kit springs are very hard and the oil is very soft. You can get the spring kit or you can run TC shocks/springs if you're willing to mess around with that. The spring kit for the XV has some soft springs in it, I've tried it with 40wt AE oil and it was ok, 50wt felt a little better. But it all depends on conditions.

Also, the arms have holes for droop screws. The way the chassis is designed you'll need pretty long ones, but it can be done and it works. I was able to run the XV in a TCS race and it wasn't bad.

You talked me out of it and with good reason. They car travelled to Brazil and back with me, kept me entertained while we wait for my son to be born. I also had an awesome track day with it at Conesul in Portão.

I did buy the TB04 Pro II to race on asphalt. Overall very pleased with it.

Built this over the weekend.. pretty cool machine.
I just plan to bash it around home.

Nice job with the body - looks XB!

That thing looks killer!

Thanks guys! Hopups arrived yesterday.. slipper, swaybars, alum arm mounts and steering bridge.
Still waiting on alum ball nuts, LED lights and rally cockpit.